The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 26, 1917, Image 3
COUNTY TREASURIER
The 'Books of the County .Treasurer
will b* open for the colleption of
State, County and :Commutation fold
Taxes for fiseal year, 1917, at the
Treasurer's oftice from October 16th
to December 31st, 1917. After Decem
ber Blt one per cent will be added.
After January 21st, two fer cent will
be added, and after February 28th,
seven per cent will be added till the
15th day of March, 1918, when the
books will be closed.
All persons owning property in
more than one township are request
ed to call for receipts in each of the
several townships in which the pro
perty is located. This is important, as
additions} cost and genalty may be
attached.
All able-bodied male eltizens be
tween the ages of 21 and 60 years of
age are liable to pay a boll tax of
$1.00 except old soldiers, who are
exempt at 50 years of age. Commuta
tion Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road
duty.
The Tax Levy Is as follows.
State Tax .......... ..8% mills
Ordinary County Tax . . . miills
Road and lBridge .. .. ..3%/2 mills
Railroad Bond .. .. .. .. .. ..1 mIll
"ast Indebtedness .. .. .. ..I mill
road Bonds .. .. .. .. ..I mIlls
.lail Bonds .. ......A mill
Constitutional School Tax .. . .3 mills
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. ..22% mili
Special School---Laurens Township
Laurens 'No. 11 . . . . . .8% mills
Trinity-itidge No. 1 .. .. .. ..8 mills
Maddens No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills
Narnie No. 2 .. .. .. ......5 mills
Hal Icy No. I .. ...... .. .. 4 mills
Mills No. .. ... ..4 mills
Oak Grove No.-; .. .. .. .. ..2 mills
Ora No. 12.. ..........8 mills!
Special Schools --Youngs Township
Youngs No. : .. .. .. .. .. .4 mills
Youngs No. 2 .. .. .. .. .. ...I mills
Youngs No. 4 .. .. .. .. ..7% mills
Youngs No. 5 .... .. .. ..4 mills
Fountain Inn 'No. 313 .. .. ..13 mills
Lanford No. 10 .. .. .. .. .6 % mills
Ora No. 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..8 mills
Youngs No. I .. .. .. .. .. ..3 mills
Central No. 6 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills
Youngs No. 7 .. .. .. .. .. ..8 mills
Special Schools-Dials Township
Oreen Pond No. I .. .. .. ..7 mills
Dials No. 2 ... .. .. .. .. .8% mills
Shiloh No. 3 .. ..........4 mills
Gray Court-Owings No. 5 ..12% mills
liarksdale No. 6 ... .. .. .. .5 mills
Dials Church No. 7 . .. .. ...4 mills
l"ountain Inn No. 313 .. .. ..13 mills
Merna 'No. 8 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills
Dials No. 4 .. .. .. .. .. ....4 mills
Special Schools-Sullivan Townshtp
Mt. Bethel No. 2 .. .. .. ....5 mills
Princeton No. 1.. .. .. .. ..8 mills
Poplar Springs No. 3 .. .. ..4 mills
Hickory Tavern No. 17 .. .. ..8 mills
Brewerton No. 7 .. ...... ..4 mills
Sullivan Township R 'I Bonds 3 mills
Morna No. 8 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills
Special Schools-Waterloo Township
Waterloo No. 14 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills
Mt. Gallagher No. 1 .. .. .. ..6 mills
Bethlehem No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills
0 kom No. 3 .. .. .. .. .....4 mills
Centerpoint No. 4 .. .. .. ....4 mills
Oakville No. 5 .. .. .. ....4 mills
Mt. Pleasant No. 6 .. ..... 2 mills
Mt. Olive No. 7 .... .. .. ..8A mills
Special Schools-Cross 11111 Township
Cross Hill No. 13 .. .. .. ..? mills
Cross Hill No. 1 .. .. .. .. ..2 mills
Cross Hill No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..2 mills
Cross Hill No.'44...........2 mills
Cross Hill No. 6 .. .........3 millsi
Cross Hill No. 3 .... .......2 mills
Special Schools--Hunter Township
Mounty'ille No. 16. .. .. ....9 mIlls
Hunter No. 2 .. .... .......4 mills
Hunter No. 3 .... .........4 mills
Clinton No. 5 .... . ... ....11 mills
Hunter No. 4 .... .........4 mills
H-unter No. 1 .... .........2 mills
Hlunter No). 6 .... .........4 mills
Special Schools-Jacks Townshuip'
Odells No. 6 .... .........3 mills
llurrIcane No. 15 .........3 mills
Shady (Grovo No). 2 .. .......3 mIlls
Jacks No. 3 ........,,.....5 mills
Jlacks No). 4 .... .........3 mills
Special Schools, Scuffletown Towvnship
I.angnton Church No. 3 .. .. ... mills
Meu filelown No. I .. .........2 mIlls
h.anford No. 10 .... .... ...% mills
Ora No. 12 .. ........ .....8 mIlls
Scutllietowvn 'No. 2 .. .........4 mills
Scufmetown No). 4 .. .. .......4 mills
Prompt attention wvili be given
those who wvish to pay their taxes
through the mali by check, money or
der, etc.
Persons sending in lists of names
to be taken off are requested to send
thorn early; and give the township of
each, .as tho Treasurer is very busy
during the month of December.
1OS8 D. YOUNG,
County Treasurer.
FINAL S4ETTLEMENT.
Take notice that on the 9th clay of
January, 1918, 'I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as Ad
ministratrix of the estate of A. Y.
Thompson deceased, in the office ot
thme Judge ot 'Probate of Laurons coun
ty, at $1 o'clock, a. mn. and on the sam'e
day will apply for a final discharge
f rem 'my trust as administratrix,
Any 'person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on that date; and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date,
dumly proven or ae forever barred.
Mary 10. Th'mpson,
Administratrix.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Tako Grove's.
The Ota Standard Grove's Tasteless
chili Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUINJIit
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, I~znriches the Blood and
BIuds up the Whole Systen. 60 cents
* HAUE4>NY NEWS
* (Left Over from Last 'Week.) *
e " " " " . . . . " " " " * .
Harmony, Dec. 17.-Oo-oo! If I
don't freeze this morning I will give
you a few dots from this corner.
This is the roughest spell of weath
er we've had since Christmas. Our
school (-lrewerton) was suspended
during the greater part of lust week
because of rough weather, but ve yet
have plenty of good wood. If you run
out of coal an1d wood come up and
w~arin. h'les siow was just lIhree ine'h
es deep utp here.
The boys have been killing a great
niany rabbi Is. Some claiin the snow
('2amle inl a good time to make ileat
hold ot until hogs were killed. 'it
is not ily pturpose to convey the idea
It) you' mind that hi*ere were no hogs
killed up here last week, (ltre have
been and ia great. miany more will be
ktilled before Christmas.
MAiss Silde -.\ledlock was the -week
end guest of her brother, .\Mr. .ales
T. .edlock.
.Miss 'isssie Adams Is visiting her sis
Ier, .lrs. Olin ('arlyshe, of Spart an
h1 rg.
lhle Misses Jessie and Antie Taylor,
of Princeton, were the guests of .liss
(ornella. Wood Saturday night and
Sunday.
.\r. I l ury. lilIt'llen iue, of (rt'enville.
is spending a while with his parents.
.lr. and .\Mrs. .o111 le ry aie 1 4ine.
.\' IDavi iteien has phurlciased1 a toe
ing car.
.\isse Frances I luight's ami .laie
R 'eeves were the guests of .\is :'usan
IIutihes Saturday nighl.
Soime of the young pe('oiple intvr been
having a gay time sleigh-riding amd
snow balling.
.Mr. .olin iValentine, of thasionia. N.
C.. Is here to spel the holidays with
the widow and children. .\Mr. .John A.
Davis came with him to be with his
parents, .lr. and .\lrs. .iohti 11. Davis.
Mi'. and lrs. C. W. I~lodgc, of !'op
lir- Springs, were theguests of the lat
ter's parents, .lr. and AlMrs. 11. C,
Reeves, list Sunday.
Should you not hear from 11 me a
gain -before ('hristm.ts, I wi =h Ihe (Iit
t(.i' of the Advertiser, 'if.; staff a1ndl all
,hiM rrt ;ders at mer:y and hapl'y C:.:" -t
mas.
* FilIENiDSiIP NEI'S *
* e e** * * a e o * * a C *
F'riendship, ')ec. '.----The Christnas
holidays are here again and everybody
is, planning to have ia good tni visit
flig and going to entertainments. We
all are looking forward for good weath
er dtiIng the holidays.
Alr. and Mrs. J. A. -Pitts and! family
spent Wednesday with their mother,
Mrs. .1. L. Pitts.
.iss Li(dle 'croats is spending this
week with home folks.
Messrs. A.larion and Ed Ills, of
Camp Sevier, visited home folks Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Mr. and 'll's. lHate Davis, of Prince
ton, spent Sunday at .Mrs. A. -11. Pitts.
Mr. WV. If. Pitts and daughters, Miss
es Lelia and Onie, motored to L'urens
Satur'day afternoon.
Messrs. George and Walter Pitta and
sister', Mtiss Lucile, visited at Camp
Sevier' Satur'day.
Miss Lila Wilson, teaehci' at this
place is spending the holidays with her'
parentll s ne2' ari Laurens.
.\liss Arkle Coals is expec(ted to be0 at
home1 tis wee0k to spend a wh'1ile with
her1 miother', Mrs. Lou Coals.
AMss .\nnie Nic'hols, oif Kenltucky, in
IlRON ltE
- W P4
THREE POWERFUL
FORCES IN ONE
A Comnbination of Nux, Iron
and Paw-Paw.
P'UT UP IN LIQUID) F0ORM
If youI desire to preserC1ve your
youthful vim and vigor to a ripe old
age, you must supply the iron de
fleiency in your food by uining 'some
form of pr'epared Iron. just is you
use0 sal-t when your fodd has mA
enough.
iron Is absolutely necessary to en
able your blood to change food' into
living tissule. (Wtihuot it no matter
iow muchcl or what you eat, your food
Iloos you no good. You cannot get the
strength out of it, and as a conse
(Iuenlce, you become anaemic, weak,
pale and sickly looking. If you wIll
use0 Ironized Paw-.Paw, 1 tablespoon
ful three times a day before meals
you will very quickly find returninij
strength, digestion normal and the ner
vouis system restored.
Everywhere you go someone nn
be found who has been benefitted~by
its use or known of a friendi Wile
has found the desired relief; all areo
pralsing 11, and each 0110 expresses0 sur1
lurise that eures' (of tile mlost stub
hor'n cases of inilgestionI, ner'vous
ness andi800) (leep 110nes coul1 d be
brought aubout 0 sipeedlily.
'A ayateml that ta4 over'worked or
runif dlown rirelIsi a hiarmluess sliu
Pant. Alcohol lif4s, ibut lots youi fall
Irontised Pan- Paw lifts and holds you.
YOur diruggiat -probiably keeps It; bult
if 110 doesn't It is sold by Lauriens Driug
'~, lrnlnn 5. 0.
expected to spend a few, days with
her sister, Mrs. iMatthew McDaniel,
during Christmas.
Mr. Matthew McDaniel and family
were in Laurens Saturday.
Rev. James M. fDallas, our pastor,
filled his regular appointment at this
place Sunday and preached a very ap
propriate serm11on. I to ptoJped for din
net at Mrs. .1. L. 'itts on his way home.
U'NION 310E':TING.
The lii ion of the Fourth Divisilon
of the Iau rens 'Inlit ist Assoclation
\will meet with Cross lfill llapfist
church, Saturday. Dec. 29. 1917.
l'rog-ramii.
. 1:00--Sermon, by Rev. ldward Lou
of Clinton.
12:00 Organization. Intlermission.
I:00--. (eniueral subije't for disenssion:
"l'atrioti t 'hrisianity in the Ser
vicee or the IAor('s \ingilom".
1. \Iotive and'reparation for Any
I'ndelinking"'. Neheiah. Chanit
lors 1, 2 andi :. W. C. \harton.
(. I'. Smith.
2. "I low o .\leet Oppo~sition anld
I :nemuies WihinIi and Withont".
The
The past
heart ful
ward det
WE'
Sells
to 35
1918
A
DEAR SI
In E
Grumbing~
want fulfil
did not hai
The
ness, no nm
is not whar
ownt carria
yetrs, alld
them all.
"W\e will
(lse. The11
Joy tIorsit
ever saw,
ait home, 2
Evel
I hat as yo
spirited ar
tle lamb); I
and you wv
are a huski
you. Give
andl~ bonbo
he is the 1
pie with a
crazy for
you are m
NOT like;
to eaeh otl
limbs, and
look for.
other to a
to get you
ARE BRUT
iIHEIR M
the dusty1
Vt
S
ward Long, L. D. Bass, W. "P. Cul
bertson.
Nehemiah, Chapters 4 and 6. Ed
3. 'Knowledge, Uluity land tfRigb(t
Methods in -the 'Prosecuuton of any
'atrotlc or !Rellgious Work". No
hemnlah, Chapters 5, 8 and 9. J. 41.
WVhartonl, WV. 1. 'Turnler, '11. dJ.
WVood.
51111uday 3lorninr, Dee. 80.
10:00---Sunday School, 'Supt. ;W. 1N..
Gritlln.
11:00--.\Ilissionaltry Song and Prayer
Service. V. '. ('ulhertson.
I I:1.:- -issionary Sernion, by Riev. Q.
I. Smith.
V %S'1' (El10AN Sil'
L'IA I' 1 \ '.: I'.l'I I; I)
Information Was ('on'3 id to (er
mantiy Th'Irougch Systemu 't'nde'r
umInl' ('hancls. Spies I'sed in
%is1ile 11nk 141 'onvey lieports.
Washin ton, lIec'emlber ,.----Opera
tion of a system of regular co mmullni
caltiln between the l'nited Statle:; and
G erm11an11y. .\nstria and11 I'"ur1ope'an non1
.trals were dlisclosedl today by an
FAREWELL 1
Year 1917 has passed out upon ti
is now history; the future lies bef
l of energy, with light feet, and b
ermined to make 1918 a better a
WISH YOU A HAPPY
1918 NEW YEi
THE HOU
RED IR(
;ame Goods 15
Per Cent Less
SMILE A
Buy Your Good:
and
Happy New
R:
leaven, there are no grumblers-that ma
is the characteristic that belongs to I
led; hlad every privilege accorded to him,
*e that, and his grulmbling cost him Para<
first thing a baby (does is to raise a ho0
atter what that business is. To hear mei
t it used to he, he is losing money every
go, and1( have a cottage by the sea-side.
nonl in every profession. Then, the Corn
If the0 season is dryw, " We wvill not1 make
n)ot get anything for our stutf, theQre i
T[here are grambler' in Oeiver vocatLion a
man in biusinoss ha< to be a gent leman:
say it is a1 haird lot to bie shuit upl within I
iand1s andt pulre ir1. Yo'ti goi: when you tI
the foodii is stal', Ite littl roem whee1 tI)'C 1
r'ybody k nows how a work ought to bie
u imiprove, everybiody el-ie andl everyt hin,
iIare someW pr'ceripitions for chronic gri
1(d gentke is to live right. When D~avid w
10 himself had taken another man's wvi
ill have the ehnrllity, thait surfereth long,
and, praise your wife, praise her looks,
her the same love-like attention that yo
ns, and wr'iting her reams of poetry on gi
est husband you ever had, no matte)' hov
crisp on top, a soddon one. beneath, and
ack of sleep. It wants fresh, wide-awal
iserable because you have not something
to have. Be like the old woman who had
mer. I never pass a cripple or a blind mn
eyes that can see. Get the habit of
The Bee and the Buzzard hover tog'e
dead rat a mile away. Look for sweetni
r feelings hurt, and you will always get
11HT. CHFJRFUL,, AND) HAPPY, ARE?
IGHT. Forget yourself. Try to make t
pilgrims along life's highway.
WISHIJN( YOU AND YOURS A
'om a Friend
to a Frlendl
nouncement of customs ofilcials that
within the last two weeks they have
found scores of letters containing in
scriptions in Invisible ink or code
phrases in the clothing or personal ef
fects of ship's crews bound to or from
Scandinavian ports Swedes and Nor
wegiai wre tiost 1 promllinett in the I
tratlle, and 111o11t one-lifth of IIe
letters Were of suspielols character.
Scores of the letters now are under
w run It y. and in vest igaIiotns beilg
mlade probably will result in arrests
of a numb11er of personsII on charges of
violating provisions of the I trailig
Wilth the eiemelt f( 03orb idd ing tIrans
mis:sion of (con1nutinientions to or from
1he c 1(ontry exctrt in lf reglitar
c"ontse- of mail or 11nder) license. by
n113 sIo s i t hriis ('or Ihe wal' tra(il
11(r)1.11" 111 Ii C tta v 1.(11
h;ard..
Otlicls us eethat rws of ie.
y15splig th b heo n God macitd Slate
ad norteprn erous neutral yortr
have1. ( 11ried nm ny" letters f'romn (;rr
mn1,1 sp ies in this ("ountr1y, the1 dloeni
men'tts berini "(.ul Ii) (iermIanyV frIom
the neuttl port, at wih t hey are
iam(Il.
O0 1917
eo white fleeting wings of Time.
ore us. Let's all gather up a big
y the help of God march for..
rid more prosperous year.
AND PROSPEROUS
R 1918
SE OF BARGAINS
)N RACK
Sells for
You You
ND BE HAPPi
s of J. C. Burns & Company
You'll Be Happy
Year Letter
kes Heaven. In Hell, they are all gr
mniversal humanity. The first man in thi
but the eating of the fruit of one tree.
uise.
vi andl make a kick. We are all born kie
talk, they aire all losing money. T1he di
year; he wears fine clothes; his wvtfe wer
Stilt he is hosing money. It is the sat
er, the man you think wouldl he content,
seedl this year;"' if the heavens pour' abi
no0 use having it."' Nobodiy wanits his s;
nd( location. There are more grumbkersi
at honme he dioestn't have to be anything.
trick walls thiatI it woub Itbeh delightfl t<
70~' there'(. the pilace is bteastly , the31 pl)Q3e
icy have pult yo3u is anI (oh4 garr'et I, and y
done13, e'xcep't the poor' wretches who are
i els9 seclms to impirove 't the same1 tim<l
imbling:---T'ry to live right. The boat, wi
as not living right, he was ready to kill
fe, andi ktied the man be'sidesq-that mai
mdn is kindi. hlave the home as beautifu
even if she is rather homely. Praise
it gave her wvhen you were handing her' it
It-edged paper. If you are a wife, pr'a
many you ever had, lHe careful of what
imtok) horrors between. Take plenty of
:e people in the habit of being tnatnkful
that other ' people have, think of the
only two teeth, but said she was thank f
sn that my 'heart is not lifted in thi
ooking for sweetness and light. People
~her in the air; one goes straight to a ros,
ass and light and you will find it everyv
bhem hurt. Got to work, get a move on
ALWAYS THOSE WHO ARE DOING
he world brighter and bettor, give refrei
HAPPY NEW YEA R FULL OF GOt
Sincerely yours
L. E. BI
-Until regulations were promulgated
nelveral wooks 'ago, ithe prohibition
against such communlcation had not
been enforced strictly, although cus
?omus 'lnspectors and secret servioo
agents had seized many commnsunica
tions of dangerous nature on ships on
arriving at American ports. Extra pre
c'autions, under the new riiIes , how
ever. resulted in the rountd-up of
many more litters than it had pre
viously been thoght I. wer: carried by
I':vidence ;athe'red thus far leads
olliheils to belitv,'i n ul at sub
jeels, aided by Amtttericans, have nade
money byv prtntintg thse Iadestine
trtlie in entui tinetionsi to eade th
liritish c'ensorship 11f tamils b~efore and
after the ('nited (-tat ( -nred 1.ho
-vat. i'ltese a re n A .ubiet. to eti
niii:tl I ruseen i ii n. Wit h ittill ies Of
$ig 00 line ;nd11t t 1,n yeats it tl-rison
mtent.
Gt rat( pantities of entn inl om
muunientions>,' called sihi 's and con
signers nutil an, car'riedl by v'esselts not,
in regular maill channels andi most of
this has b1ceen licensed by enstomtts of
lic'ials.
:ET
Cash and Gives
r Money's Worth
1918
to All
amblers -that makes Hell.
e Garden of Eden had every
Hie grumbled because he
kers-nobody likes his busi
y goods man says business
,rs diamondis; they own their
with the doctors, the law
is the greatest grumbler of
ndlance andlh the barns burst,
II i to fllow the sameli line of'
n the home than anywhere
4 geltl fftsomewhetre andti en
-art thet motist vuligar you
LIu jutti wish ytou hadi stayed
ding it. is it nt strange,
ty in the worldi to bie sweet -
the mian who had siilai lit
e him savage. live right
as you can make it. If you
her coo0king though it choke
and out, sendling houqueta
se your husband:--tell him
you e'at. Ileware of mince
sleep. The world is going
for what you have. When
things they have you would
ul that they were opposite
nk fulness that I have sound
usually find just what they
a garden in the distance; the
,here. - o arouud expecting
you. THE PEOPLE WHO
SOMETHING WITH ALL
hing cups and bouquets to
ID CIIEER
IRNS,
. IURNS & COM PANY,