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Friday, March .>, 1920.
HIGH TAXES
The high taxpayers have been having
a fine time of it in Columbia. The
Senate finally passed the appropriation
bill Wednesday carrying appropriations
to the amount of nearly
seven millions of dollars. We can remember
the time when the state government
was run on less than one
million, and then we were told the
whole business was "permeated with
incipient rottenness."
Of course it takes more money to
run the government now than it did
thirty years ago, though the stat-r is
no larger and the people are more
law-abiding. The huge appropriations
for the institutions of learning, pensions
for Confederate soldiers and j
^ appropriations for other worthy pur-j
/ poses, make it necessary tnat more
money be raised. Then, too, we must
recall that real estate was assessed
for taxation two years ago before the
present inflation of values came
along, and before the high cost of
living had taken possession of the I
country. The result is that the cost of i
the government in dollars and cents
has greatly increased while we are j
unable to increase assessments of i
lands and buildings in the state until i
there can be another valuation.
But this will hardly excuse the j
legislature for making an increase in j
the levy from eight and one-half mills
to fourteen mills for ordinary ap- j
propriations. The members of the j
General Assembly who are to run;
again will have a hard time explain-!
ing to the people why it takes five j
and one-half mills more to run the i
government the present year than it'
took last year. The thought." .1 men in j
the legislature s-sV -his. rvv.l it is to j
the credit of ?Speaker Thomas P.
Cothran that he threatens to resign
before he will sign the present ap- j
propriation bill, as it is to the credit j
C- Governor Ccoper that he announ-;
czz in advance that he will veto the
bill in its present shape.
We called attention to the fact in;
our last issue, that with fourteen!
mills for state taxes, two mills for |
the permanent roads, three mill con- j
stilutional school tax, six or seven j
mills for county purposes, and the (
special school taxes in the several j
districts, the people would soon j
have enough of high taxes. If we are!
to add to this in Abbeville County a j
debt of four hundred thousand dollars 1
the interest on which, as well as the j
prinicpal, must be paid by additional,
taxation, it is evident that those whoj
like to pay high taxes are in for a j
pleasant time.
THE PENSION LAW
Without knowing just how many j
old soldiers there are in the state*
and without knowing how many of'
these are dependent on the state for.
succor in the declining years of their;
lives, it is impossible to say just how j
much money should be appropriated !
for this purpose. Nobody objects to a |
decent appropriation for those sol-'
diers who are needy, but we must
remember that the men from the'
South fought from patriotic motives'
and not for money. Hundreds and
thousands of them have crossed the
river and the only reward they re-1
ceived in life was the gratitude of
their fellowmen. The pepole in the
Q/MitVi lnnlroH r?n t-hpir soldiers with
more veneration than the people of
the North looked on theirs. They held
a higher place in the affections of
the epole of their home states than,
did the Northern soldiers. And this
was largely because they did not immediately
after the war begin to demand
and receive pensions lor uio
services rendered on the field of bat
le and in the camps.
We owe a debt to those who have
gone before as well as a debt to those
who remain behind. As we would not
deprive the latter of the things to
make life easy in their declining
years, so we should not heap upon the
pepole taxes for paying pensions t
those who do not need the state
bounty at this time and thereb
cause the present generation afte
fifty years to look askance at th
Confederate soldier as a man of mei
eenary spirit.
We are opposed to any pensio
law, or law of any kind, which seel<
to appropriate money to those wh
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cue nui, m uetu. me iciiiui
for Confederate soldiers have ir
crea.-cd in the last few years froi
one hundred thousand dollars t
some six hundred thousand dollai
under the present law. This is a hu.c
sum of money. If it is properly an
well spent for the taking care c
those in need nobody would objec
but the true Confederate soldie
should refuse to accept the money c
the state, so much needed by other:
if he is not himself in need, and th
law shonld be so amended that so
diers in good circumstances would no
be expected to accept money from th
state.
HOW IT'S FM)XE IN ARHKYH.J,
It was quite a surprise to us wlie
we read in Wednesday's Index-Joui
nal that Jack Sheridan, official cj!
lector lor the proposed playground i
Greenwood, was compelled to resoi
to half page advertisement?being c
cost to Jack dosen't matter?in ord?
to spur the people ol' Greenwood t
subscribe 'a few dollars to purchas
some equipment for the plavgroun
So far $450 has been collected in ad
ditional to $300 subscribed by the cit;
council.
May our modesty permit us to in
form Jack that if he will interviev
Mrs. J. F. Xickles. of our city. sir
may give him some valuable points i:
raising the funds necessary to ac
eomplish the purpose in view.
A few weeks ago at the request u
the superintendent of the city schioi
to local parent-teacher association
asked the people of Abbeville for $80'
tc purchase playground equipmen
f':r ?I:o school grounds. The associa
tion appointed .Mrs Xickles to receiv
h? association. 01" these sub
Xickles collected $809. and over $3<i
was sent direct to the treasurer o
the "?:;ocintion Of course these cuh
scriptions no single one was for mor
hAn fi-rn ? ?
man f.jv ami liwnc was nuiii irurpuiu
.ions.
The differing results of the two can
vasses. it' they may be called suci:
bring to mind one of Addison's anec.
? regarding Sir Roger de Coverly
r' happened at Athens, during i
public representation of some pla;
exhibited in honor of the common
? (? -!Mil. when an old gentleman cann
foe late for a place suitable to his ag<
and quality. Many of the young gentle
ircn. who observed the difficulty an<
fo.:i';:s;on he was in, made signs t<
k'.:i iliai they would accommodate bin
if ho came where they sat. The goo*
iv.: ". hustled through the crowd ac
c..-.,vi;rrr]y: ]);,(_ whan he came to tin
*rnts to which he was invited, tin
?c>t was to sM close and expose him
as he stood, out of countenance, t<
the whole audience. The frolic wen
round an rne Atnenian uencnes. t5u
on those occasions there were ais<
particular places assigned for for
e;?v.ers. Whan the good man skulket
towards the boxes appointed for th<
Lacedaemonians., that llO*iest people
more virtuous than polite, rose up al
to a man. and with the greatest res
pect received him among them. Tin
Athenians being suddenly touchei
with a sense of Spartan virtue am
their own degeneracy, gave a thunde
of applause; andWhe old man crie<
uuii i in* Aiuciiiano unuci oiauu ?v?o
is good, but the Lacedaemonians prac
tise it"'
The greater part of the playgroun
apparatus has arrived and is being se
up on the school grounds. When th
total has been installed there will b
at the high school a 30 foot chute d
chute, a giant stride, and a set c
traveling rings.two basket ball court!
a volley ball court and a tennis court
A 20 foot chute de chute, a set of so
saws, a set of wings, a volley ba
court, ouoits. and an ocean wave wi
r.ir.use the children at the grade
school.
The small portion of the equipmet
already installed is nrovine a wondei
ful innovation for the school childre
There is a waiting line at every aj
paratus and it takes the attention <
two teachers during recess to see tin
everybody has an equal chance. (
coarse some of the novelty will wej
off but there will never be a time wht
t
, the apparatus reaches the stage whei
: it will not be a pleasure to the mi
rviry of the pupils.
' If anyone were to ask the schoi
icdav just who was the greatest pe
I son in the world, the unanimous rep
. would be. ".Mrs. Daisy Xickles!" T
. Mrs. Xickles the children as well i
; the Parent-Teacher association. ai
indebted for the prompt and succ.es
ful collection of sufficient fun<
to purchase approximately $10'
worth of playground equipment.
' seems hard for the Abbeville chi
ojto realize that Greenwood, the big's
city, is having trouble raising $-150)
? j playground equipment. This is the '
,rj amount raised there by public sub-!
p | scription as stated in the Index-.Jo.jrni
;;1 en Wednesday. The city council hal i
l" j appropriated an additional $300. .Mrs.
. .VeUlcs i; ised $S"0 in less than six ,
" hours and didn't ask the city council j'
:s for ;i cent. The following compliment | (
o I was paid .Mrs. .Vickies by the editor-;'.
ip | of Proper-Gander. the high school}
j. j paper in recent issue:
n | "It is not customary to eulogize, *
0 | people iu newspapers until they haven
,s | passed away, and the flowers are ar-j^
| ranged; hut we wish to deviate from I
. j this cus'om and express, in behalf of
j ;!;l* pareM-teacher association. th>. ^
1 I superintendent, the teachers, and tlie ' ^
1 I '
"I hundreds of children being madel
r | happy as a result of the wonderful j ^
f j work done by Mrs Frank Xiekles. in 4
5, | raising the necessary funds needed to,^
e j properly equip the school grounds.
|_j with scientific apparatus, the sircerei
,+ thanks and appreciation of them all
While we are sure that Mrs.!4
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Xickles ^iust have found tilt laskl^
sho assumed inconvenient, and notL
in every case altogether pleasant,
yet we also feel that there are a 4
' zrest many people whom she ap- 4
n j pvoached-in her rounds who H1>_L
i mwinfprl what shp was rlninir and I
|-i!y!ped lier much more substantially
n | than with a word of encouragement
tj To all of those wro have helped,
if j make our playgrounds what they
r, should be to Give our children tlzo
)' .:ioe~t kind of healthful amusement
pi and recreation, we wish to give a
tj)rising vote of thanks. It is apprecia'-jed
nure than we can tell you.
j W'c also wish to state that .Mrs.
Xickles has at any time a perfect
right and privilege to use any piece
v of the apparatus which most appeals I
e to her. whether it be the see saw. the j
j swing, the giant stride, or the long
. J wavy slide board.|
JBERGDOLL DRAFT j
J DODGING CASE IS j
J BEFORE COURTS ;
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New York, March 4.?G rover I
ripvplnnrl Rercdoll. a wealthy young d
, ...
Philadelphia resident, who eludec- j
federal draft officials for nearly two
j. years faced a general court martial ^
at Governors Island today. He k n
a aspecfically charged with desertion ^
. under the fifty-eighth article of war. ^
Army officers said the outcome of the ^
. trial will have an important bearing j
. on 170,000 other draft dodging cases
- throughout the country. ^
: Mrs. Emma Bergdoll has spared no 4-'
i expense in the legal defense on her' /
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son. She has retained noted alienists ,
"land a detective agency, two of whose ^
? former agents were arrested in Phila-( '
' delphia last week charged with a con- <1
I spiracy to corrupt and intimidate federal
witnesses against Bergdoll.
1j Harry Weinberger, who defended'
1 Emma Goldman, Alexandria, Berk-,
- man and other radicals is counsel for ^
5 the accused.
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William A. Crawford. j
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William A. Crawford, son of Mr.
" and Mrs. H. W. Crawford, Rockmart,!
Ga., formerly of Abbeville, died at J
j the home of his parents in Rockmauj
^Wednesday of influenza. The body
Jwas brought to Abbeville and the
l'funeral held Friday morning at 11
- o'clock at Little Mountain Church,
-1 the Rev. H. C. Fennell officiating.
1 The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Craw1
ford in Abbeville extend to them
j their sympathy in their bereavement, j
kmmw
S OUTSflYSNIHI
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London, March 4.?Europe is in dan3,
| ?ev of permanently losing the posit.on : <
/she held in the world before the out-| .
gjlueatl of the world-war, says Premier!'
jXitti, of Italy, in an interview period 4
! l?y ilie Manchester Guardian today. He
"! points out that Europe is no longerM
d a creditor, but is on the debit side of <
tue ledger.
i Public order in Italy is good, he <
1( says, and if that country could get i .
f- i her minimum requirements in coal. |
n.! foodstuffs and raw materials . lie j <
5 J would be able to reconstitute hev.s'.'lf I
f! economically. M
"j "No attention must be paid to ru-'
ll|mors about Bolshevism" he continue:;.
)f j Only brief allusion to the Adriatic pro-!
ir! L!em is made in the interview. i
,nj "We shall find a way ouc." says the I
^ (piemier, "and we and the Jugo-Slavs
"jv. ill be friends. Feeling naturally ex1"lists
over Fiume. because the future of
| some Italians is immediately oncerni(l
cd. but these are really questions of
... statistics and not of raUd imbitions.
j.i What Is Italy Demanding
"What after all is Ita'v demanding i
0 in the Adriatic? She wants strips of I
is territory the population of which is
re less than the Italian canMlties in the
war. ]
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