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"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.