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" ' " Established 1844. The Press and Banner 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 .5( Wednesday, April 21, 1920. THE SCHOOL QUESTION In the election held Tuesday tc decide whether or not the tax in this district for the support of the public schools should be increased four mills, .the vote, while small, indicates that the people are practically of one mind on the matter of better schools. Our schools have not been what they should have been in the years past, though the schools have been growing better each year for the last f several years. This year the work has been, under all the circumstances under which Major Fulp arid his corps of teachers have labored, most satisfactory. Some idea of the improvement in the work being done this year may be had from the fact that a student who completed the eleventh grade last year was able to secure credit for only 13 1-2 units in one of the Class A schools of the south, while this year's graduates are credited by the same school with 15 units, the entrance requirements. But we must recognize the fact that we cannot keep the schools at the present standard unless we are , prepared to expend a great deal more money. Last year we raised the salaries of teachei's nearly twenty ' dollars per month, and we must be y 'prepared to increase the salaries i again by that amount, or nearly so, if we are to retain and obtain the best teaching talent. Then, too, the matter of education does not stand still. The colleges each year are doing better and better work with the result that more work is required ir the preparatory schools in order thai the students may enter the college classes unconditioned. Hence we must add one year a course in French and another year, a course in science and so on. R: ' It costs money to run a good school. We have found thajt out ir Abbeville. We shall find iS out more and more as the years go by. But ii we are to excel in anything it should y* # be in our schools. We are among those who believe that the expenditure of public money should be jealously guarded. We do not believe in spending unnecessarily the people's t ' money even in school enterprises, ' * but wherever money is needed tc really improve the conditions and work in the schools it should be spent, f It would be a short-sighted policy tc refuse the schools anything that is neccessary for their advancement. Then, too, we should" be the leaders in educational matters in Abbe ville County. By reason of the fac1 that we are at the county seal we secure advantages wmcn are noi had by the people in other sections of the county. We should go ahead We should teach the people in othei sections of the county the advantages of the best schools to be had. Per haps the country schools in Abbeville oopnty are behind the schools in othei counties because we, at the Couri House, have not set the proper ex ample. However, that may be, w< should now, when we have a firs class school, resolve to keep it going and by the vote Tuesday we have s< resolved, and we should take in terest in the educational t matters of the whole county. Abbeville County i? ^ar behind^ we have before stated,' in thS" mat?e of good schools. Every school djs ' trict in Abbeville County shodld vot< a local tax of at least eieht mills build a modern school building, em ploy first class teachers,and begin ii earnest the work of educating th* children of the county. We notice that elections are to b held soon in a number of the schoo districts of the county looking to in creased pay for teachers and bette schools. We hope that the exampL set by the Abbeville School Distric and the other districts which are go ing ahead will influence others t< take action in this important matter. It is a matter which may not be neglected without wfronging the boys and girls who are growing up about us. What district will be the next to vote an increased tax? LAWYERS AND OVERALLS A dispatch from Columbia says: "A rule in effect since January 1836, t requiring lawyers to appear before the Supreme Court of South Carolina wearing black coats, has been suspended until October 1, 1920, on ac) count of overall clubs. At the request ) of members of the bar the Supreme ) Court suspended the rule and lawyers may appear in overalls until October 1." There is, of course, no . objection to lawyers appearing in /?nnrf rnnm Villf if" uvciano lit one vuui v Wv*v would be much better should they suspend the courts for a season, and ' allow the lawyers to appear in over1 alls in the cotton and corn fields of : South Carolina between now and October 1st.?Spartanburg Journal. '\ | J. M. GILES PASSED AWAY AT 2:15 TODAY Anderson Daily Mail. In the death of J. M. Giles Anderson loses a good man and a citizen who was always interested in the welfare of his adopted city. Mr. Giles died today at his home on Evans street, aftera short illness .The first symptoms of this illness indicated influenza, but other developments fol lowed, and his condition had 1 been serious for several days. He was un conscious for several day, but after the arrival of his three sons, William T. Giles, of Birmingham; Ii-a Giles, of Spartanburg; and Joe Giles, of New York, he regained consciousness for a short time, and this was thought to be a turning point, and that he would soon be better, but he re J relapsed again into unconsciousness, and passed away at 2:15. I /-! ! 1 _ A U1 ivir. unes was oorn jii Auuevme and was married there the first time to Miss Emma Templeton. In 1891 he '( tame to this city and was in business > with the R. S. Hill Alliance store. Later he was with Brown and Osborne ! I and then with Moore-Wilson Co. For : I several years he has been with the Townsend Lumber company. Stime years after the death of his first wife ' Mr. Giles was married to Miss Ella ? Bell, and she survives him. 1 V When Mr. Giles came to this city to live he was recognized as a Christian ' gentleman at once, and was made an - elder in the First Presbyterian church. He led a consecrated life, 1 and his example will be an inspiration i and a blessing to all with whom he s came in contact. He was faithful to his Master, and he was faithful in his I Christian citizenship. > The only daughter of Mr. Giles, is Mrs. R. S. McCully, who has been : with him since the beginning of his : illness, and who has given every at s tention which a loving heart could i bestow, MVs. McGully is a skilled ' graduate nurse. There are two sisters i of Mr. Giles livng, Mrs. George Speer . Sr., of this city, and Mrs. E. A. Templeton, of Abbeville. ?, The funeral will be Tuesday afternoon at the home on Evans street, at 4 o'clock, conducted by Dr. John S. Foster, pastor of the First Presby ; terian church. 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