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Established 1844. The Press and Bannei Abbeville, S. C. The Press and Banner Company * Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class matter a: post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $2.0( Six months 1.0( | Three months .5f WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1920 THE COUNTRY'S SHAME. \. In Washington just now an Investigation is under way seeking to ascertain means and methods which have been used, and are being used to secure nominations for president by the two great parties of the coun try. So far the investigation has. elicited the information that stupen-l duous sums of money have been con-! tributed and expended in the interests of many candidates seeking) these nominations, especially in the! republican party. These sums have been contributed and expended in the primaries in the various states in c; . an effort to round up delegates to( the conventions soon to be held. Aj half million dollars has been spent in . behalf of Governor Lowden's candi-j dacy, and more than a million dollars has been accounted for as having leen spent in, a 1 effort to secure the nomination of General Leonard gg . Wood, and more is yet to be reportJ *i * ?d. f i Concerning this vast outlay of m?ney, The Sun and New York Her aid pertiently says: "The testimony taken by the Sen j ate committee now investigating the matter of, preliminary campaign ex j penditure has astounded the country There is more to come. The revelation I of methods and the disclosure of figures limed up after the mighty dollar mark are only partial so far. Fortunofolv tx7o a to now cpttinc. in advance of the meeting of the supreme councils of the two great parties, an in-( structive, exhibit of the folly and futility of a system which results in| < substituting for the open convention a subterranean campaign, or sets of campaigns, contrived to forestall the action of the convention and con-' ducted with a secret pecuniary out-J lay for promotion, in the false name| of 'publicity,' on a scale thai would bave staggered the audacity of the boldest and most reckless manipula-j tor of the franchise in the old days of fat frying and blocks of five." To this we may add that nothing, in all the political history of the'republic, has been revealed which is more discreditable Jo the country,' not even excepting the exploits of the republican party in the days of Mark i Hanna. The candidates of the demoi cratic party are less reprehensible, perhaps, because they have not been able to command the enormous sums of money spent by candidates in the \ primaries of the other party. In these, latter days we have forsaken representative government in this country. We have heard preach-1 ments from reformers here and there of the rights -of the people to manage their own affairs, and the primary * system has been held up to us as a' remedy for the ills of past political ! performances. But the shameful expenditure of money to secure politi-J cal preferment in tht> primaries has not bebn creditable to either the system, nor to the people who do the i voting. People will question whether - iL. J--*.? 1 4> U vr nut me [jiimary nas nui, uccn uiaue the means of a gigantic corruption of the electorate of the country. Certainly no such flagrant crimes against decency were ever committed in the I " old days when the people spoke thru their representatives. The primary will have its proper field of usefulness. In the selection I of many local officers it is of invaluable service to the community. But may we not suggest that in the selection of the publrc servants of large political divisions, and of the country itself, it has "been, or may be, the favorite fighting ground of| the unprincipled corruptionlst, as I _ ???? well as of the most unprincipled demagogue. Unless tiiere be a change let us hope that the day of the primary is passing, ancf that we may look again to a government by officers selected by representatives of the people?representatives who cannot be bought, and who look more to the country's welfare. No m^n who has spent a million dollars to secure a nomination for [ resident should expect to be nominated. If he were the money spent should, and will, we believe^ prove j his political damnation. His end is inj sight. Concluding its article, The Sunj and New York Herald has this to say:. . j "A very serious reflection must occur to those admirers and support-j ~ f n-nnY-n 1 \Uwh f? HTP T1OW CIS U1 ucutiax ff wvu , noting and deploring the effect oft, these revelations upon his chances for the nomination. Even as practical politicians they must be impelled by the testimony before the Senate com-1 mittee to contrast the present stiua-j tion with that which would have ob-j tained had his name gone before an J open convention signifying nothing^ more than a dark horse possibility, upon whose promotion not a dollar? to say nothing of hundreds of thous-j, ands or millions of dollars?had pre-( viously been spent for 'publicity' and 'educational work.' "The Sun and New York Herald can recall no evidence of such pre-] liminary expenditure in the Presi-, j ? r? ? ~1? ?.v ueriuai yeai iui cAtwupic, wucu Republican convention produced Abraham Lincoln as its candidate." CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION. ! \ Since Horace Greeley uttered his famous command to the young men of his day to go West has the urgent command and demand, "Continue' i your education" been as full of real significance as todayy % This is the graduating season and all of our colleges are turning out scores of young men and women whose diplomas are more priceless for what they represent than ever be-' fore. Figured from every standpoint,' estimated from every angle, and measured by every scale, a college education today means more finan-J cially than in all years past. , J Even this great government of ours realizes the worth Of an educat-j ed citizen to such an extent that the Treasurv DpDartment is dailv issuinc propaganda in the form of bulletins' and pamphlets on "A College. Educa-J. tion, Its Importance and How to Finance It." One of the latest of these bulletins is filled with extracts from "Does It Pay," a little pamphlet which is the work of Dr. Reed Smith,'! professor of English at the Univer-'< sity of South Carolina. . |' "The richest and most powerful nations," says Dr. Smith, "are those ' i, with the best school systems, and . they have not established school sys- , j i tems because they are rich and powerful, but they are wch and power-j j ful because they have established ] good school systems. Wherever there': is adequate provision for education,'! there are found successful govern-J' ments, great industrial efficiency, and ' large national wealth. In the United States the earning capacity of the different States is in direct proportion to the efficiency of their school systems. If the forty-], eight States are arranged, first, in'; the ascending order of individual < earning capacity and, second, in the|: ascending order of the efficiency of^ the school systems, trie two lists would be found to coincide with'1 startling exactness." All professions, with the exception of school teaching, are more !ucrative' than non-professional occupations. It is our belief that once there is a standardization of the teaching profession so that the profession will be,' placed upon a high plane and the-mis-, fits weeded out, and the leaders of , I education see that none but real teachers are put into the school rooms, the school teacher will be-i come a laborer worthy of his hire and the people will ? demand that the' teacher be paid, not only a living # I salary, but a salary that will permi^ him to lay up a surplus against the inevitable rainy day. 1 A recent research made into the I records of the New York Bridge department reveals the fact that the annual salary of an employee holding a position demanding only reading, writing and arithmetic, Is $982. In positions demanding high school commercial courses the annual salary is $1729, while the employee filling a position requiring a college or: technical education is receiving a yearly salary of $2400. These figures are of course the average salaries and the maximum in each of the three' classes will run much higher. Another research into tho earning capacity of uneducated laborers and high school graduates proves conclusively that every day spent in a high school pays the pupil $9.02 The child that stays out of school to earn less than nine dollars a day is losing money, not making money, yet some paryents think because Johnny can make $1.50 or $2.00 a day, he should be denied the right to a high school education, so Johnny is permitted or worse, encouraged to stop school and go to work. The head of the Randolph-Macon system analyzed "Who's Who in America" for the years 1899 and 1900, studying the careers of the 8000 people sketched in these two volumes. He discovered that the average citizen with a high school education had more than 20 times as good chance to attain distinguished prominence as one who stopped with an elementary school course; and he who went to college or university had over nine times the chance of the high school man, or more than 200 times the chance of those trained in the elemental^ school, and 800 times the chance of those who had no regular school training at all. While any one of these studies may not be conclusive, yei when all of them point so clearly and without exception to the greatly superior earning power of the educated, the conclusion is irresistible. There un* doubtedly exists a close casual connection between education and wealth. It is a fundamental law of men and nations that earning capacity is based on education. Knowledge is now not merely power; it -is money. CAMPAIGN DATES ARE ANNOUNCED Itinerary of State Candidates Open In Columbia And Congressional At Sumter June 22 Columbia, June 1.?The campaign itinernaryr for candidates of afflto officers as follows: June 22, Columbia; June 23, Lexington; June 24, Saluda; June 25, Edgefield; June 26, Aiken; June 28, Barnwell; June 29; Allendale; June 30, Hampton^ July 1, Beaufort; July 2, Ridgeland; July 3, Walterboro; July 5, Charleston; July 6, St. George; July 7, Bamburg; July 8, Orangeburg; July 9, St. Matthews; July 10, Sumter. Rest eight days. July 21, Georgetown; July 22, Kingstree; July 23, Florence; July 24, Marion; July 26, onway; July 27, Dillon;* July 28, Bennetsville; July 29, Chesterfield; July 31, Darlington. Rest eight days. August 9, Camden; August 10, Lancaster; August 11, York; August 42, Chester; August 13, Wirinsboro; August 14, Union; August 16, Spartanburg; ^August 17, Gaffney; August 18, Greenville; August 19, Pickens; August 20, Walhalla; August 21, Anderson; August 23, Abbeville; August 25. MeCormick: August 26, Lau Greenville. Week of July 12, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry. Eight days rest. Week of July 26, Lexington, Saluda, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, Allendale. Week of August 2, Hampton, ? Ii MISTI jl Has arrived in Ab fl COUi Come in and meel mong your friend Open a Savings / just as much as la week, and you wi' ninfl onVvG+Qn+lQl P OUUUtUHl/iU'i JU We pay 5 Per Cen Quarterly. I ' I Count I SOUND \ ; Seni< i I . i AT i Friday ^ GIVEN I SENIOR "A GOOD < (Chorus Spanisl ADMISSION: .. | i Beauford, Ridgeland, Walterboro, 1 St. George, Bamburg. J 'j Eight days rest. x 1 | Week of August 16, St. Mat- , thews, Orangeburg, Dillon, Con- ' way, ^arion, Florence. Week of August 23, Kingstree, ( Manning, Georgetown, Moncks Corner, Charleston. { CONFEREES AGREE ON . SUNDRY CIVIL BILL Washington, June 1.?Senate and House conferees today agreed on the sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying approximately $428,000,000. The Senate amendment granting the. treasury department $1,500,000 for the guarding of liquors in bonded and: other warehouses was reduced to $1,000,000. | The item providing for the extension of authority of loans to rail-' roads from the railroad revolving fund from five to fifteen years,1 placed in the bill by the Senate, remains. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE PROBATE COURT. I Citation for Leters of Administration By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge of Probate: WHEREAS, Fleming Rapley hath J made suit to me, to grant him Letters' of Administration of the estate and' effects of Nellie Green, late of Abbe-' j i ville County, deceased. ; These are therefore, to cite and| admonish all and singular the kindred a.-ul creditors of the said Nellie'" < rens; August 27, Newberry. The campaign for congressional and senatorial aspirants with a meeting in each county seat each clay, covering eight weeks of campaigning, shows the following rout III? . ,-g Week of June 22, Sumter, Bishopville, Darlington, Bennetsvifre, Chesterfield. j June 28, Camden, Lancaster, York, Chester, Winnsboro, Columbia. Week of July ">, Spartanburg, Union. Gaffnev, Walhalla, Pickens, lanrasnMn i . iR FIVE PER \ * \ beville, and can be foul NTY SAVINGS BAN I ? ; him, it will pay you to i Is. ' , ' * Account To-day, (small ( ,rge ones), increase the 11 be surprised how soon lank account. 0 t. on Savings Deposits, y Savings SAFE ==" " '" 1 " 1 - " *' 1 s' ' Dr Class THE OPERA HOUS1 light, at 8: BY MEMBERS OF CLASS OF HIGH i MAN IS HARD of 50 School 1 ' ' i% ' I | ,? i Dances In Co j.V * . \ Green, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court House, on Tuesday the I5th of June, 1920, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show :ause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not ne granted. Given under my hand and seal of CAT i ru Of all the ualifica essential to advancer is particularly impres fired with a belief in similar feeling in oth< ; Every one in thi& org* robted conviction of ( every banking need, out by the many wor< ment and recommend We can mean much t( n us the opportunity"; NATIONAL BANK Abbevilh Capital Stock $75,000.00 I CENT I id at the | j lumber him a- 8 )nes appreciated u amount each you will have a Compounded I Rank I " ~* | / -1? / y ' " ?> ' ;. r.: ; '. I-r V Play .. ' " ' ':W ' ?^ >' v?: } ^ (7 ? .''* | Ct , * 7 ; - . " ;30 o'clock . THE SCHOOL 4f TO FIND" I . *11 1 1 nldren s tume. ... ' I 25 and 50 CENTS % A'i < : ?' ' i t'V ? v i 1 , r : i r.' : - " , I . ?" the Court this 1st day of June in the-.' year of our Lord one thousand ninei hundred and twenty and in. the 144th. year of American Independemce. Published on the 2nd day of June 1920 in the Press and Banner aad on: the Court House door for the time i required by law. . ,5 ' ' J. F. MILLER, | 6, 2, - Judge of Probata . - - -ifeae TH : J: Z ?_____?_____ tions conceded to be ' : nent in business, one ! >sive-faith. The man his project kindles a 3rs. . ?' mization has- a deep>ur ability# to meet This belief is borne is of acknowledgelation of our friends. ) you. Will you give *r OF ABBEVILLE. 5, S. C. s Surplus $30,0(0.00