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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

ALL RETURNS must be made un-
der oath, of personal property re-
turned at its market value.
Persons not making their returns
between January /, 1916, and Febru-
arv 90, 1916, are liable to a penalty
of so per cent. This penalty will be
enforced against delinquents: for
the failure to enforce it heretofore
has put a premium on neglect OF n
law.
The returns of those who conform
to the law are placed before n
Township and County Boards, while
thos. who disregard the law come IN
afte:: the meeting of the Boards and
return to suit themselves. The en-
forcement of this SO per cent. penal
ty will correct this evil.
Employers are requested to return
all Of their employees after notify.
ing them and getting a statement OF
their property. :,
Returns will not be taken by mail
unles they are sworn to before some
proper officer. All improvements or
any transfer of real estate must be
reported to the Auditor.
All tax returns must be made by
school districts. So please look up
your plats and find the number of
acres in each school district, also
amount of personal property.
My Appointments are as Follows:
Calhoun Falls, Wednesday Feb. 2.
Lowndesville, Thursday and Fri
day, Feb. 3rd and 18th.
MI. Carmel, Saturday, Feb. 5.
wellington, Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Bordeaux, Wednesday, Feb. g..
Mccormick, Thursday and Friday,
Feb. 10th and 18th.
Donalds, Monday and Tuesday,
Feb. 14th and 18th.
Due West, Wednesday and Thurs
day. Feb. 18th and 18th.
E. A. Patterson will take returns
at Antreville.
RICHARD soNDLEY,
Auditor, Abbeville County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
SAVE Fertilizer ELEMENTS.
ingredients Existing In the Soil
Should Be Utilized and Developed.

Ingredients Existing In the Soil
Should Be Utilized and Developed.
In the unusual conditions existing in
the fertilizer trade. says a statement
just issued by the secretary Of agricul
ture, it is important that all fertilizine
materials on the farm. especially those
containing potash. should be conserv.
ed. The fertilizer ingredients already
existing in the soil should be utilized
and developed to the fullest extent.
A great deal can be accomplished III
this direction by deep blowing. con
slant cultivation and thorough tillage.
There should be a proper system Of
rotation. Especially where n crop
has been grown for several years Il
different one should be planted this
year. Green manures and cover crops
should be used as much as possible IN
their proper rotation.
Of the organic substances manure.
both solid and liquid, is the most im'
portant and should be utilized when
ever possible. All material Of all or
ganic nature. such as leaves and bed
ding Of various sorts, should be com
posted and the compost applied to the
soil. Special attention should be given
also to the conservation of wood
ashes. Depending on the character Of
the wood, they contain potash In Quan.
titles varying ordinarily from 3 to 10
per cent. All tree trimmings. brush
cuttings. etc. should he burned and
the ashes derived therefrom utilized.
The application Of lime to many
soils is Of %undoubted benefit Though
the availability Of the fertilizing ele.
ments in the soil may no be greatly
increased by its use. the resulting I'm
provement in physical and bacterial
conditions may increase considerably
the productiveness of the soil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
WRITES INTERESTING
LETTER OF LONG AGO
JUDGE BENET MAKES TIMELY
SUGGESTIONS REGARDING
HISTORY OF ABBEVlLLE.
Editor Abbeville Press and Banner.

Editor Abbeville Press and banner.
In YOUR issue of 9Th inst. you
published a letter from MI. NJ. f.
Hollingsworth, which l am sure all
vcur readers were very glad to see.
it WAS full of most interesting his
.torical information about the Able
Vile of fifty years Sgo-Just after
the war. My old friend (and once
INV schoolboy,) Manse Hollingsworth.
was then a lively lad Of eleven years,
and what he then saw left q lasting
impression on his mind which enables
him now to give US a lifelike picture
of the scenes he describes. HIS let
ter, he says, was suggested by a pre-
vious communication of mine which
had appeared in the Press and Ban
ner. That is very gratifying to me;
and it makes me hope that other sur
vivors of that evertful period. will
follow Mr.. Hollingswortk's example
and contribute their recollections to
the columns of your paper. -,
Tic history of Abbeville town and
of Abbcville county, should be pre-
served. 1t is a history Of which the
sons and daughters of Abbeville
should be proud. Why should there
not be an Abbeville Historical Soci-
ETY.? No town or county in the
State could offer a finer and more
fertile field. And there are men
and ONE now living whose recol-
lections of the years before, during,
and after the war, should not be lost.
Too much valuable historical materi-
al is buried in the graves of u con-
temporaries.
Many a time 1 strongly urged the
late Robert R. Hemphill to write and
publish his "reminiscences of the
war. Who could have pictured the
life of a Confederate Soldier so
well and so faithfully as he? Now
all his %numberless recoliections are
buried in oblivion. The history of
the Reconstruction period and of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
PROBATE COURT.
Citation for Letters of Administra'

Citation for Letters of Administra-
ton.
By j. F. MILLER, Esq, Judge of
Probate:
WHEREAS, w. W. Bradley hath
made suit to me, to grant him Letters
of Administration of the Estate and
effects of James Foster Bradley, late
of Abbeville County, deceased,
THESE ARE THEREFORE, to
cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of the
said James Foster Bradley, deceased,
that they be and appear before me,
in the Court of Probate, to be held
at Abbeville Court House, on Wed
nesday the 9th day of February,
1916, after publication hereof, at
II o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the
said Administration should not be
granted. :,
GIVEN under my hand and seal
of the Court, this 26th day of Janu-
ary, in the year of our Lord n
thousand nine hundred and sixteen,
and in the 140th year of American
independence.
Published on the second day of
February, 1916 in the Press and
Banner and on the Court House
door for the time required by law.
]. F. MILLER,
Judge of Probate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
POINTED

Leap before you look and you will
look foolish.
Kind words never die, but the un-
kind live quite long enough.
On the ocean of life many people
sail under false colors.
And some jokes are solemn enough
to make an undertaken grin.
Among other pipe lines r those
written in favor of smoking.
The ex-husband is apt to think
that alimony means all the money.
A coward manages to dodge a lot
Of things that are headed his way
We feel sorry for some men who
are compelled to listen to their own
talk.
What a mother likes about a
young man is usually what her
daughter doesn't like.
Poverty is one of the crimes for
which a man is sentenced to hard la
Dor for an indefinite term.
1t sometimes happens that a mar
rage license furnishes a man with
an excuse for trying to drown his
troubles.
After a man has looked through
the bottom of a whiskey glass a few
times it is difficult for him to keep
his train of thought on the right
track.
Perhaps a man can write a sensible
love letter, but he lever does.
Sometimes two women can stop
talking about each other long enough
to swap kisses.
If every man were taken at his own
valuation there wouldn't be half
enough halos to go around.
Sometimes you can judge by ap-
p~earances. Many a m appears
to be strait-laced because she really
is laced that way.
1t does seem queer that people who
are not able to make good them
selves seem to think they can hand
a winning brand of advice to others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
N PARAGRAPHS.

Even those who have no sense of
humor may act funny at times.
Plagiarism is merely a lack of skill
in effacing condolences.
The cost of experience is never
fully realized until n goes to law.
It's their crooked ways that enable
some men to make both ends meet.
If a word to the wise is sufficient,
lawyers must consider jurors a lot
of idiots.
There isn't a department store on
earth large enough to supply every
thing a woman wants.
Occasionally a mar knows a good
thing when he secs it, but most men
are too dignifed.
Fame, from a literary point of
view, consists in having people know
you have written a lot of stuff you
haven't read.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
NOTICE..

The undersigned Receivers of Cal
houn Falls Company will entertain
offers for the purchase of farm lands
of said Company, at or near Calhoun
Falls in Abbeville County, in such
parcels as may be suitable for farms.
F. E. Harrison,
A.. T. Smythe,
Receivers Calhoun Falls Company.
Jan. 18th, 1916. At.
4t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

put In the ends. as shown. to provide
ventilation. The little slide door per
mits chicks to come and go. The ma
terial in each coop costs about 81. We
use the coops from year to year, as
they are cleaned out every fall and
put away in a dry place during the
winter. have never yet lost a chick
en- in these coops, either by drowning,
smothering or through having some
animal get in.-Mrs. S. M. Gephart in
Farmers Mail and Breeze.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

Abbeville, S. c., June 1, 1915.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
A Screen Coop.

This drawing shows the plan of
chicken coop we designed and have
been using the last ten years. The
coops are made in the winter time
when the men are not busy with other
work. They are made Of twelve and
six inch soft pine boards. They are
twenty-three inches long. eighteen inch.
es wide. eighteen inches high in front
and a foot high at the back. The roof
extends over the side walls about three
inches on all sides. The floors are
hinged on. as shown, and the coops are
painted inside and out. Wire screen Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

THE LANDS FIRST NEED.

+ -
j. Fertility Is the first word in
+ farming. 1t Is the first consid-
i Grafton in placing a value Oh
+ new lands. 1t Is first mentioned
+ when old farms are sold. 1t is
!. the first problem that confronts
j the beginner as well as the ex-
j. pert who takes up the cultiva-
i ton Of new crops on new fields.
+ 1t is first in q list Of questions
i asked by those seeking help in
i farming. The solution Of the fer
T. tility problem makes many other
!. problems comparatively easy to
!. solve.
j. The quick and easy way to get
:. fertility Is to buy 1t. 1t can be
+ had in bags in the form Of COM
i mercial fertilizers or by the car
4 load in the form Of animal
4 manure.
4 But this method Of fertilization
+ requires cash capital and does
:. not fulfill all the needs Of the
! land. Since we have learned
:. that q fertile soil is a mixture
:. Of mineral and vegetable sub
!. stance. teeming with germ life.
. %fermenting with innumeraDle
!. minute plants and chemical
4 changes. we have learned that a
4 soil needs more than mere min
+ eral plant foods to enable it to
j. grow the maximum crops.
i 1t has long been known that
:. legumes and green manures are
+ beneficial to soils. but only re-
+ Gently have we learned TO use
4 these green manures to build a
:. soil up permanently and to keep
J. it up Mt the lowest cost.
49,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
Value Of Oats.

than corn, pound for pound. wise poul-
trymen will feed a fair proportion Of
this vigorous building food. Oats put
quality into the muscle and nerve It's
sue of horse and hen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
Bush Fruit In Winter.

Currants and ~gOoSeberries are some.
times broken by the weight Of heavy
snow. If the branches are drawn to.
gether and tied with coarse cord this
danger will be obviated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

It's easy to change the shape
and color Of unstable brands
to initiate the Prince Albert tidy
red tin, but it is impossible to
initiate the flavor of Prince
Albert tobacco! The patented
process protects that!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
Your Store Bill
Down One Half

Tens of thousands of farmers as well as
town and city folks cut down their store
bills one-half last year and saved money
in spite of generally short crops and re-
duced wages.
Absolutely millions of dollars were
saved and countless families lived better
than ever before in the face of the cotton
crisis and general business depression.
How were these burdensome store bills
cut down? By the real money-saving
power of good home gardens, rightly
planted and kept planted and tended
through the season.
Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how
to cut store bills down; tells about gar
den and farm seeds of kinds and a quail
ity that cannot be bought from your mer-
chant or druggist. It's full of garden and
farm information. It's free if you ask
for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS
CO., Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
Notice To Taxpayers.

For the Purpose of Accommodating
the Public in the Matter of Making
Their Tax Returns, | Will Visit the
Places Mentioned Below On The
Dates Indicated in Schedule.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23
(First published May 26, 1850
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. g.
Land Office at Dodge City, Kansas,
May 18th, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Joe T.
DuRain, of Liberal, Kansas, who, ON
November 9Th, 1912, made Home
stead Application Serial No. 011435
for NWA, Sec. 30, Twp. 32s, Range
saw, and on April 29th, 1916, made
Additional Homestead Application,
Serial No. 013371 for S12 SWAs
Sec. 90, Twp. 32s, Range saw, 9Th
Principal Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make Final Three
Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before the Pro
bate Judge of Seward County, Kan
sas, at Liberal, Kansas, on the LIST
day of July, 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses.
Andy M. Hinde, Chester Heathmans
Charles w. Chairman, Edward j.
FITZGERALD, all Of Liberal, Kansas.
Not coal land.
r. R. WILSON,
Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23

/. ]. Burgh of Optima was in the
city on business Tuesday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Leete,
June 20, 1916, boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. Shelter,
June IT, 1916, a girl.
Claude Henderson of Hooker was
business visitor in the city Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Hoffman are
moving into their residence on Grant
avenue south this week.
Mrs. Jim Scott and family arrived
from Haviland yesterday and will
visit the Scott brothers on Route G
for few weeks.
Mrs. M. r. Goble and daughter,
Ida, of lola are visiting the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Fleak. Mrs. Goble
is Mrs. Fleak's mother.
Mrs. John w. Baughman and son,
Robert, will return this week from
Wichita where they have been on a
visit for the past three weeks.
Mrs. N. McCafh Of Manhattan ar
rived last week to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry milestone, on
Route B. She visited DR.. and Mrs.
Nelson of this city a few days.
The Bucklin ball team, advertised
as the fastest team in the country,
didn't create sufficient speed to make
showing against the Liberal team
Sunday. The score, s to in favor
of the local team, would indicate that
Bucklin's speed is not liable to draw
fine for having exceeded the speed.
limit. But the game was good one,
not a dreary inning in the series.
Miss Maude Saunders, who has
charge of the w. F. M. s. of the Bap-
fist church from Kansas City west to
the Rocky mountains, arrived in the
city yesterday. She will visit rela-
tives in the city a short time, and
will go to Boulder, Colorado to
spend two months teaching in the
church conference.
Harvey w. Hill, editor of the
Beaver County Republican, was here
from Gray, Oklahoma, yesterday
evening. Mr.. Hill is mighty busy
when he comes to Liberal. He meets
so many, friends that his time is
much taken in social way and real
ly finds no time to attend to any con-
siderable amount of business. It is
about time for the booster trip in his
section of the country. And every
Booster remembers the enjoyable
time at the little town of Gray last
year, when Mr.. Hill and his associ-
ates went to the limit in entertaining
the entire army of boosters which in
vaded that town on a July day.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23
Bowel Complaints in India

In a lecture at one of the DeE
Moines, Iowa, churches missionary
from India told of going into the in
terror Of India, where he was taken
sick, that he had bottle of Cham
bsrlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy with him and believed
that 1t saved his life. This remedy
is used successfully in India both as
preventive and cure for cholera.
You may know from this that 1t can
be depended upon for the milder
forms of bowel complaint that occur
In this country. Obtainable every
where.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23

Mrs. Kate Neff left for. Dakota
Tuesday. She will also visit her
daughter in Wisconsin and will be
absent several months.
The eight-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. ]. Lynch of Lorena was OPP
Grated on for aednoids and tonsil one
day last week.
Miss Phebe auckland, who had
been visiting her brother, Tom, at
Wichita, returned home Friday
night.
James A. Pruett and Miss Lula
Elliott, both of Pasture. New Mexico,
were married by the probate judge or
Seward county June IA.
Miss Agnes Carnes, daughter of
Prof. F. P. Carnes of Dalhart, Texas,
was in the city Saturday consulting
an eye specialist.
Miss Clara Evans went to Pratt
Tuesday for a visit with the Alphin
family. Miss Alice Bolin is there
and the two girls will have a good
visit.
The Majestic Theater orchestra
plays at the Keystone Hotel during
the noon hour of each day and Sum-
day evening.
The Misses Mildred and Rita.
Feather returned from Los Angeles
California, Friday. They had been
absent about one year attending
school,
]. r. Hall and sons, Warren and
Wendell, of Hoisington were here a.
few days to visit the son and brother,
j. l.. Hall, teller at the First National
Bank.
James Bolin and John Hall of Lib
eral were at Gray the first of the
week and made trip over into the
Texas panhandle to take a look at
the wheat crop.-Beaver County Re-
publican.
Miss Kathrin Powell Of Clayton,
N. M, was in the city Saturday. She
came for an operation on her eyes
Mrs. Doctor Anderson of Lorena
was visitor in Liberal Saturday.
receiving dental work.
Mrs. Mulligan, who has been VISIT
ing her daughter, Mrs. Guy Lee
Monnier, left for her home at Guy
mon yesterday. Her grandson, Fay.
accompanied her. He will accom-
pany her on a proposed trip to New
Mexico in few days.
Miss Georgia Spears and Miss
Sarah Lane, who are demonstrating
at Camp, Colorado, came last Friday
to visit home folk.
Miss G. Hancock of Hooker, who
has been visiting relatives in the
city for few days, returned to her
home yesterday.
Mrs. AL. Buchanan and Mrs. Jas
Woods and families have gone to-.
Fayetteville, Arkansas, to spend the
summer. n
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23

The likeness the of Seward
original thereof
Liberal for than friend
the Liberal
who the Office register deeds via the Republican
the the weather
better
the
but small bought News with capital stock Of 45
built when he sold
business.
Liberal much
Mman uning working things that the
county
Republican don't the would rather
Mlman business affairs
nominated and il elected the office will still be good hands
A.. 1. H.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23
(First published June 23, 1861
NOTICE For PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, o. s.
Land Office at Dodge City, Kan

Department OF the Interior, " =
Land Office at Dodge City, Kan
sas, June 10th, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Will.
liam M. Hawk of Arkalon, Kansas
who, on June 9Th, 1918, made Home
stead Application, Serial No. O11745<
for NEA NV u, WIZ NEH, SEA
NEA, Section 15, Township 33 s.
Range 80 W., 9Th Principal Meridian<
has filed notice of intention to make
final three-year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described
before the Clerk of the District Court
of Seward County, Kansas, at Liber-
al, Kansas, on the 29th day OF July,
1916.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George A. Krell, d. Rolla Green, Earl
Him, Albert W. Andrews, all OF Ar
kalon, Kansas. Il
Not coal land.
r. R. WILSON,
Register
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23

Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. Thayer moved
into their new home this week.
FOR SALE-To highest bidder,
lots 1928, Blk. 10, New Baughman
Add. Make an offer.-R. NJ. Guy
Council Grove, Kans.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-23

John Just of Gray, Oklahoma, was
here on business trip today.
The Majestic Theatre Orchestra
plays at the Keystone Hotel during
the noon hour of each day and Sun
day evening.
The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-17

in his home on Speer street Friday afternoon. yesterday underwent one oi tho most delicate operations known to modern surgery, and is said to be on tne road to recovery. D-s. DaCos- Ja Walker, j. F. Randolph and A. H.
 Tribble performed the operation yes. t.rday just after the noon hour and
 aat night they reported that the pa .tient was getting along spIenddly.
 The identity of the unknown per son who gained entrance into his home mutilated him Friday and gol away without being observed was as much a mystery yesterday as the
 night before Sheriff Tom Bledso,
 was summoned by the young man yes te day morning and they had a con ference. the result Cf which was no IWa0e public Detective Sullivan an, Young are also at work in an effor 10 clear up the mystery surroJndina the ease. No arrests nave been mddt
The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-17

Dr. w H. dickson of Hot Springs, Ark, announces that he treats eczema blood and all kinds of skin diseases, by @ method of his own, and also diseases of the rectum, and that he cures piles without the use Of the
 knife. Twenty years in Hot Springs. Citizens National Bank Building, Hot Springs. Ark. Il-24tf.
The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-17
Givable Gifts for Men

SMOKING COATS-Eyery man wants smoking coat for house wear whether he is a user of tobacco or not. These are dan uleS- ....,,..,. ..... 9o.OO ana 4o'oU SILK SHGRTS--Beautifu new winter de- signs. good quality of Silk-priced reason ably at $400, $5.00 and ..............$ $.5o COLLAR BAGS-Dont let him scatter col lars all over the place when you can buy a collar bag for as little as soc, $l00, $50, $2.00 and ,...............,...... $500 SILK HOSE for Men-Good quality at minimum price .,............. .25o and sc MEMS COAT SWEATERS and warm and highly appreciated as Gifts
 s15o to s6.50 ANGORA yESTS-Beauties and "as warm as toast"-Only ..................... $500 FANCY AND DRESS VESTS-Every man can use an extra yest-.Buy him one
 $1.5o to $500
The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-17
Xmas Gifts for Children

have in stock practically article GENTLEMENs JEWELRY and below many suggestions for gifts.
 Diamond and Pearl Rings To stlao00
The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-17
NEW FOLDER IS OUT.

Iron Mountain Has Splendid New
 Booklet Now Being Distributed.
 The Hot Springs of Arkansas beautifully embe leshed on title page in letters of gold. and a booklet that is unsurpassed hy any former ones in it's Illustrative and descriptive matter
 i this resort, is the latest from the ron Mountain road in the matter ., cooking for increased business Tor the coming year in Hot Springs. The booklet is along the line of the fo.m- CT handsome one, but more complete and with more illustrations.
 Mndn,n eLectrIc gilts at RnsN RrOe