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SbSSBBw * "* . b Anbbeville Press and Banner Established; 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Monday, May 3, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year,. "ITfF~ , ADDRESSESTEACHER AND TRUSTEES SATURDAY A W TERNOON IP HIGH SCHOC W ' BUILDING AT MEETING ( I COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOC I ON ?GOOD ATTENDANC WAS PRESENT State Superintendent of Educ "/ tioii John E. Swearingen made an i ! spiring address .0 the Abbevi] County teachers aid a number of t county district ;msteesun the hij school building Saturday afternoc vThe occasion was :he last meeting the teachers' asaaciation for t present school' ye;r and was large attended by teatlers of the count Especially was 'he representati gathering of scnol trustees, wl hsrl hppn sDecialy invited to me B with the teaches, gratifying to t; H officers of the association who h; Sa worked hard to nake the last met ing a great succes. m * The pre-lunc) portion of the pr gram was giver over to entertai ment rendered jy pupils from tl 8 intermediate grdes of the Abbevil city schools. Tss consisted of ; opening chorusby boys from tl A fourth grade, 'hen came some re 8? itaiions, "Morifying Mistakes" 1 g| Grace Roach; 'Ihe Angel of Easte: H ' by Esteile Lyon "Dont's** oy Ma w garet Penney aii "Apple Blossom: by Lavinia McCun. Miss Judith H Hi then delighted he audience with Ss piano solo. A tyical Folk Dance 1 eight couples of.sixth grade pupi ^-oncluded the prqram and each fe m ture was well reived by the teac m ers ar.d trustees. | A delightful ad substantial lun< I was then served ]y the ladies of tl t Methodist churcijheaded by Mrs. \ fe F. Nickles. Thj intermission ga^ 1 .everyone presentan oppprtunity Vmeet Mr. Swearigen and the Sta Superintendent ras plied wi1 H scores of questins regarding tl ^ new school acts,?f which there a 126 passed by he recent gener assembly. The kenest interest t educational affai; is being awake ed throughout tl> county, if the i J terest exhibited irturday is any i dication. Supt. Swearinfcn in his openii } remarks Stated fet it had been 1 . desire for sometjie to have an o , portunity to spet to the teache and trustees of ts county on scho affairs and he ridily embraced tl opportunity wherthe Invitation w Viirvi Ktt tVio rocirlont nf tVlP fl Isociation to ad'ess the Coun Teachers' associaon Saturday. ] lustrating the facof the scarcity teachers throughtt the country W Swearingen state that over 21 schools in South Carolina alone d not open their dors this session ai that in over lOOfclassrooms endle shifting of teach6 had resulted d to resignations. 'E situation is not ing short of deprable. Mr. Swej ingen also statedhat 4 1-2 millio of dollars was spt in the state t past year for etcational purpos< a per capita expditure of nine di lars per chiid. "The title of e address mig well be 'The To< we Have to U I in Improving ouSchools" ' said t superintendent, d explained tl every mill of speal tax, every ge eral assembly, inact everything j fecting the propeiducation of Sou Carolina school ddren could called a tool for fvice as every s: gle action of a lol board or of t general assembly the detriment the advancement education woi be a hindrance. In speaking ofrative proportic of taxes allotted 3 education t speaker said thai i the great M< l.ij t _ _ a r> f _ mon sciongnoiu, Lin, inai oo i cent of all taxes cdected T>y tl state was put ito;he educatioi I fund and used iiscool purposes. I Mr. Swearing? cnsiders that 1 mt most needful thig i furthering ( i BODY OF LESTER WATERS FOUND AT MILLWOOD SATURDAY ; SThe body of William Lester Waters,. one of the victims of the Har-1 pel's Ferry tragedy, was found late | Saturday afternoon on an island at I I 1 TTollc TV.O ! p j .?iii:wuuu, ucai vamuuu x ano. 0.1*^ | body was discovered by a man fishing on the island)F The body was taken to Lowndes-j ' ville Sunday morning where the funeral was held in the Presbyterian j 'E cemetery. The bodies of eight out of ten t persons drowned a 1 Harpers Ferry have been recovered so .far. The :a- 1 bodies of Miss Allie Bradshaw and. n,, Charles Meschine are vet to be He . he -^r , Mr. Waters was the ferryman at TTr.rnciFerry and in charge of the ^ ferryboat which overturnued.. result?nc in the drowning of the ten people April 4th. ly l . 1 At the funeral in Lowndesvillo *' Sunday afternoon the record of "Mr. ! V6 . . 1 Waters as a soldier in the Second Division. World's War, contributed e : . his comrades in arms, was read at 1 he . , ...o;r request, ad j :t- A ViS-.T;NG PREACHED o- Rev. Henry Pressk-y,. who is in n- uMendknce on Presbytery .t Trey 1 he came to Abbeville Sabbath and ? .le cached in the Associate iioforir.ed in Presbyterian churcn in the moridiur. 1 be Mr. Pressky will go from Presbytery :c- to the meeting of Synod at Gastonia, i jy N C. i r" : 1 ucation in South Carolina is a living 1 s?? wage for teachers and good teachers , for every school. , Mr. Swearingen advocates special , a i ? tax for every school district in the . )y # i? js State sufficient to meet the requir#- ( ^ ments of the Equalizing Act to^ gether with an additional amount! ; sufficient to take care of incidental , expenses such as insurance, coal, ill I j 'janitors, repairs, supplies, etc. le ? ; At the conclusion or his address j Mr. Swearingen asked several gen- ( /e 11 fcral questions of the, teachers and(' .trustees of the County, one being,^ "How many of your women teachers I' in the county get as much as $100 a; ie 1 month salary?" Not a hand went up. 1 We believe there is one teacher atj1 a Due West receiving this amount but|^ , she was not present. Another ques-' n" tion, "Dr. Anderson, of AntrevilleJ ' n~i why didn't Antreville pay its teach-'( n~<ers $100 a month this sessloh?" DrJ 'Anderson?"Because we didn't havej to, to get them." lis 1 |i Mr. Swearingen complimented thej P",;\County on the fact that as many at 1 13 school districts had levied extra ' ol I taxes during the present session and he hoped that the good work would 1 as continue unabated. The treasurer's report, given just ty before adjournment was taken shows 1 a balance of $119.76 in the treasury, ?^, The president, Supt. Fulp, stated k* that this would be the last meeting of the present school year trnt that it vifas the intention, of the executive committee to get the association! ISS well under way early next fall and ue continue monthly meetings when Vi 1 ,n" ever and wherever the majority of Lr" the teachers voted to hold them. A ns standing invitation was placed be he fore the committee for the teachers J3? to meet in Abbeville whenever and whereever the majority of the teachI ers voted to hold them. A standing ^ invitation was placed before the se committee for the teachers to meet .in Abbeville whenever they chose to iat do so, but that Abbeville did not want n~ the impression circulated that th?y had a monopoly on the meeting place 'th at all, but that the executive combe mittee was open to invitations from in* any district. he The next meeting of the associaof tion wiH probably be held in Octoild bar and the officers holding over are: ! President, Supt. J. D. Fulp, Abbe ?ns ville; Vice-president, Mrs. J. R. Mche White; Secretary, Miss Annie Gantt; or- Treasurer, Miss Allie Evans. The ex>er ecutive committee is composed of lat Supt. Fulp, L. C. Griffin, Lowndesial ville; Miss Frances Wideman, Due West, Prof. J. M. Daniel and Miss :he Mae Robertson, Abbeville and Counsd ty Supt. W. J. Evans. bjll for soldier i v bonus is finished; i Methods of Raiting Money Will Be) A Principally by Increasing Taxes Existing Already on Many Things. I Washington, May 1.?The soldier! relief bill finally was completed Fri- bj day by a majority of the republican cc J . members of the house ways and at means committee and will be con- St sidered tonight at a conference of gi house republicans. j cr Present plans are to bring it up co ?>Ionday for immediate passage. ag Five optional plans for payment of m adjusted compensation are provided, al follows: ?F 1. Adjusted service pay at $1.25 fe or each days service in excess of 60 or days between April 5, 1917 and Jan- ov rary 1, 1920. ne 2. Extension of vocational training at $1.75 for each day's attendance in; on a course of instruction declared th suitable by the federal obard for in, vocational education. pr 3. Purchase or improvements of ra city or surburban homes with com- m; pcnsation at the rate of $1.75 for fif cach day's service. pr 4. Issuance of paid up insurance at se the rate of $1.75 for each day's ser- ur rice. Such insurance will be payable mi twenty years after issued or in case th jf death. . ci] Loans could be obtained at any cd time after two years. 5. Establishment of a "national reterafis settlement board" composed vo of the secretary of the in+ei-ior and pr four members to be appointed by ;n the president at least three of whom f0 shall be former service men, which would be authorized to make loans ^ to service men not exceeding $1,000 ^ for the reclamation and development . i n of farm lands. Revenues to pay the compensation M for which it is estimated $1,800,000 will be required, would be raised oy four plans, as follows: ; Increased surtaxes of 1 per cent an net incomes between $5,000 and $10,000; 2 per cent on incomes between $10,000 and $26,000; and 3 gg per cent on incomes above $26,000/ -n One per cent on retail sales to be j paid by those making the sale and j, to apply in the case of all sales, con- ... tracts and leases, whenever made. ^ Tax on stocks and bonds, sales of , >r transfers at one-fifth of one per lent on the market value. Tax on produce exchange transac- ^ tions at the same rate. A tax of 25 cents for each $50 of ^ the total amount of sales, or con- . tract to sell lands, tenaments or oth j ,. ac ir realty. , I SO Taxes on various brands of cigar, . vi ] tobacco and manufactured products ranging from 15 per cent to 66 per , ch :ent, depending on the grade, and a 0TJ tax of $1 per thousand on cigarettes. RED CROSS WORKER HERE \ Gi l :o Miss Elizabeth Ellis, Executive ag Secretary of the American Red J. Cross arrived in the city Monday in so connection with work in her organl- M. zation. Miss Ellis is a graduate of so the University of Tennessee and of Pa the Emerson College of Oratory, j Boston, 1917. She has since then, th and before taking up work with the mi Red Cross organization, been teacher W( of expression and dramatics at Bel- re haven, J&ckson, Miss. ' a Miss Ellis will direct the fifld th work at the Converse Summer schopl,, th of Sociology the present summqiaffij&v While here Miss Ellis would nke' to meet with as many persons as Cj possible who are interested in the Red Cross work. She can give them valuable information. She "will make headquarters at thf; locK Red Cross rooms. ! cii MASONS TO GIVE BANQUET Ei is The Royal Arch Chapter Masons la of Abbeville are planning to give a banquet in the hall Tuesday niirht at pi which time a number of distinguish- i se ed visitors will he piesent. A number of of masons will also take the chapter degree. . in George L. Bryan,. Greenville; J. la Mickie,. Darlinsrton; and 0. Frank li? Hart,. Darlinton will be present. j la fATER POWER BILL IS VITAL MEASURE II Matters Pertaining to Development of Water Power# Would Be in Hands of A Com. . mission. Washington, Maty 1.?Described r Chairman Jones, of the senate immerce committee, as legislation Fecting every citizen of the United ;ates, the water power bill, as aleed upon his conference,, would eate a federal power commission, mposed of the secretaries of war, riculture and interior. The comission would have authority over 1 matters pertaining to the develiment of water power in which the deral government has jurisdiction . in which it is interested as an rn?v of lands or other property scessary to such projects. The commission may issue prelim- . ary permits- allowing applicants , ree years in which to make examution of water power projects, epare plans and make financial arngements. The commission also ay issue licenses for a period of ty years from expiration of the eliminary permits or it may rerve such projects as should be idertaken by the federal governent. Preference must be given by e commission to states and munipalities if they are equally adapt to utilise water resources. The bill also would encourage the lilding of headwater storage reserirs to equalize power production, event floods, and obtain water for igation purposes after being used r generation of power. Provision is made for construction locks in power dams in navagable reams so a? to extend navigation to the upper reaches of rivers. RS. ELIZABETH FRANKLIN NICHOLS issed Away at Her Home in This City Saturday Morning After i An Illness of Two Weeks I Mrs. Elizabeth Franklin Nichols, ! years of age, died Saturday morns' at 12 o'clock at the home of her .ughter, Mrs. Paul Link. Mrs. Nich3 had been in b^d h?a!th for more an a year, becoming seriously ill out two weeks ago, and her death is not unexycted. ,, The funeral was held Sunday afrnoon at 4 o'clock at the Baptist urch conducted by the Rev. Louis Bristow. Interment followed in >ng Cane cemetery. The rollowing nior deacons of the Baptist church , ted as pallbearers: C. E. William- | n, Otto Britsow, Sam McCuen, AI- ( n Williams, Paul Kennecry, J. C. j ng. The senior deacons of the < urch acted as honorary pallbear3 !1 Mrs. Nichols was born in Macon, i., and lived there most or her life ming to Abbeville about 12 years , o. She was the widow of the late , W. Nichols. She is survived by two < ns, the .Rev. George A. NIcTiols, of aeon, Ga., S. N. Nichols, of Jack-\ n, Ga., and one daughter, Mrs.' | iuI Link. ; | Irs. Nichols was conspicuously ac_ ; i re in church work and taught for any years a Sunday School class of >men at the Baptist Church. Only cently this class presented to her : handsome pearl brooch in token of ! e esteem in which the members of I e class held her. The class, twen-five strong, attended the funeral, i '< ^BLEGRAM ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE OF FRANCIS LINK 1 R. S. Link received a cablegram! inday from his son, Francis L.1 nk, Jolo, Island of Sula, announ-! ig his marriage May 1 to Miss nily Schuck. Miss Schuck's sister j wife of the governor of the is-] nd. Mr. Link has been in the Philip-j nes for nine years and has been cretary and treasurer of the Island ? - i aulu. Recently Mr. Link has been mak-; p: a studv of the people and the i i nguajre of the island and has pub-i ;hed the first dictionary of the Suluj npuapre. MAY DAY FESTIVAL AT THE COTTON MILL FRIDAY AND SATURDA A May Day Festival will be he at the Cotton Mill May 7th and 8t A complete program has been a ranged and will appear in the Pre and Banner of Wednesday. The sp cial features of the festival will t athletic stunts, base ball, display < home talent work, fortune tellinj May Pole dance, baby contest, tl crowning of the May Queen, exe: cises from the children, booths, pi rade, minstrel and an animal shov selected from the "'Barnyard Co." In the last few days tfie Abbevill Cotton Mill has purchased a Dig moi ing picture machine which will pla a most attractive part at interva during the festival hours. Fifty or more of the Abbevill Cotton Mill's prettiest girls are i the race for the Queen. A very er thusiastic contest >ias begun an Monday afternoon the girls wer running hand in hand. .s might flose run for all the contestants [ expected by the close of the contes A complete Baby Contest has bee worked out for Friday afternooi May 7th beginning at 2:30 o'clocl Dr. Havne and his assisting nursi Miss Murphy, of Spartanburg, wi be the judges and will examine an discuss thoroughly every baby in th presence of its mother. This will t helpful for the mother an.d for tY whole community for it is to be movement for "Better Babies." lecture will be given in the audit< rium for the benefit of all the motl ers interested. A health picture-wi he thrown on the screen and explair ed by Dr. Ha^ne. For Friday night an entertainmer will be given by the school childrei The winner in the Queen Contes will be announced and crowned du: ing the evening for the May Da Festival. She will ride with queenl honors in the parade. The prize i the Baby Contest will be given to th most perfect all round T>at>y. The school ground and Y. M. ( A. building will be opened to th public on Saturday mornrng at 9.3< The entire play-ground, bandstan< and booths will be decorated re< white and blue. Electric lights wil be strung artistically over the can pus to emphasize the color schem carried out in the art worx. The Y. M. C. A. building will als be opened by 9:30 and the publi will be cordially invited to inspec all the fancy sewing, plain sewing fancy cooking, plain cooKlng, bab clothes, booths, flower bootn, canne Ejoods, old relic booth which will b displayed for the day. Prizes will b jiven the winners selected fror bUV.ll VUt/lVl Athletic stunts will be going on i the Athletic Field from 9 A. M. t 12 Saturday morning. The big parade will begin at tw D'clock going through tne villag< circulating the town and all the mai streets. At 4 p. m. there will be a ba ?ame between Ware Shoals and At beville. After the game on the schoc ground the booths will be opened u and ice tea and sandwiches, peanut: pop corn,, coca-cola and ice creai and cake will be sold. An expert fortune teller has bee secured for the day. A portion o her material and tent is with us an she will be expected to arrive som time during the afternoon. A chanc will be given before trie evenin program for all to have thei fortune told by Abbeville's Greates tune Teller. The band will furnish the musi for the day and a special t>an<T cor cert will be given at 7:30 p. m. fo the May minstrel during which tim the May Pole dance will be held. The Festival will end with a bi minstrel show Saturday night. Attend the May Day Festival. VISITORS FROM ILLINOIS A J O ivn?>. ninuiu oc^iiuui ciiiu iuiu^i tor Miss Margaret Seymour of Lak Bluff, Illinois, arrived in the city las week and will spend the summer her with Mrs. Seymour's sister, Mrs. A 0. Roche. .COUNTY CONVENTION i NAMES DELEGATES rss ' e- J. ASHLEY NAMED CHAIR_ )B{ MAN; D. H.'HILL, SECRETARY; ?t Wm. P. GREENE, COUNTY ie CHAIRMAN; T. P. THOMPSON, L" COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS v, STATE CONVENTION 'e The Abbeville County democratic 7~ convention convened hsra at t'.o y noon hour Monday and afterorganizing named the following delegates ,tc the State convention to De held in le Columbia May 18: n J. M. Nickles, Abbeville; T. P. i- Thompson, Abbeville; State Senator d j. Howard Moore, Abbeville; M. J. 'e Ashley,. Rock Springs; Capi. V.". C. y Shew, Lcwndesville; E. W. Kavper, is Lowndesville. J. M. Nickles was elect. ted .-tate executive committeeman n from this county. 1, , A temporary organization with ?>:. c. J. Ashley, chairman and D. H. Hill, 2, Aecretary was first effected and later 11 a permanent organization was el_ d fected, the two above named men beie ing elected. M. J. Power, Brownlse, >e was reelected treasurer. ie Wm. P. Greene, Abbeville, was a reelected County Chairman. T. P. A. Thompson was designated a member 3- of the committee on credentials at i- the State convention. ' 11 The executive committee met and i- organized immediately after the : county convention adjourned. it The following men are i. members of the executive committee: 5t H. J. Power, Antrevflle; B H. Smith, r- Donalds; J. H. Sherard, Calhoun ,y. Falls; W E. Morrison,. Long Cane; | y E. W. Harper,.' Lowndesville No. 1; n W. C. Shaw,. Lowndesville No. 2; ie W. P. Greene,, Abbeville No. 2; G. A. jNeuffer,. Abbeville No. 2; M. J. Ash_ 3 ley,. Rock Springs; J. B. Gibert, Le Lebanon; W. W. Wilson, Level Land; 3 A. R. Fowler. Due West. .j The clubs of Hillville, Hampton, j Keowee and Mountain View have [j not organized and therefore sent no j. delegates to the' County Convention e and have no representation on the executive committee In order for these clubs to have o . . ... , c representation it will be necessary ^ for them to reorganize and confer ' with the county chairman. ' The chairman named J. Howard ^ Moore, E. W. Harper and J. F. . 'Miller committee on credentials to 0 examine and report on tne delegates 0 f . elected by the various clubs to the i countv convention. Tne following 1 delegates were reported favorably: n, T. P. Thompson, J. M. Nickles. D. 01 H. Hill, E. C. Horton, J. D. Fulp. W. P. Greene and J. F. Miller, Abbe_ ?|ville No. 1; J. Moore Mars, W. A. Stevenson, P. D. Klugh, M. E. HoL n, lingsworth, J. Howard Moore, G. A. I Neuffer, J. E. Jones, J. P. Wham, J. ^ A. Akwine. W. A. Calvert, R. M. ^ Burts, J. P. Wilson, Abbeville No. 2; E. W. Harper, J. B. Moseley W. T. P Cunningham and E. J. Huckabee, s' Lowndesville No. 1; S. S. Boles, W. n( R. Nance, J. T. Drennan, W. C. I Shaw Lowndesville No. 2; S. M. n Milford, J. T. Johnson. N. T. Martin, ^ W. G. Shaw, W. M. Agnew and B. ^; F. Smith, Donalds; Jos. Hicks, G. 0. e Hall, James Sherard, J.j A. Nance, ;e, Calhoun Falls; C. B. Evans, G. E. ? Putnam and J. B. Gibert, Lebanon; r W. R. Fowler, J. C. ^IcDill, J. R. 5 | Winn, A. R. Ellis and A. S. Kennedy, Due West; C. M. Kay, M. J. Ashley, c J. R. Sheffield and G. T. Ashley, Rock Springs; Jack Brownlee, J. P. ir Anderson, A. M. Erwin ana H. J. e Power, Antreville; A. B. Robinson, Tom Nickles, T. M. McCorc? and W. ? E. Morrison, Centra*; "vV. W. Wilson, J. ks Temple and f. l. tsusoy, Level I.and. i. NO OBJECTION TO BUFFER I l- Tokio, May 2?The Japanse gove ernment has informed Soviet Russia ;t that it has no objection to the crea e tion of a "buffer state" provided the i. Japanese capital is to enjoy a free hand in such a state.