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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' j j?' 1 The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly w Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No/ 10. ! ft-. Entered as second-liass matter at ' post cffice in AobevilleT-S. -C. 1./" # , Terns of Subscription: One year 1 $2.00 j Six months 1.00, l I , ^ree months .50 FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1920. , s ! ? : WE WANT OUR SHARE. j >' f ' - ' The people in some school districts may not favor an eigtit mills tax for ^ the support of their own schools. If ' there he such people they may be I . surprised to know that while they refuse to levy this tax for the support of their own ichools they are paying taxes to give schools supported Dy " an eight milis tax to other communitip?. C > ST ' ? . This is made apparenc if tlnfe lk taken to study # state appropriations .for the support of schools. There is in the state an appropriation oi $140,000 foi'the benefit of school^ j|*; :n districts where an eight mills levy is made. The money is given the ,..7 schools in these districts in order to cpuse the schools to run sevefr-months. The law provides that -teachers at a salary, of ?100 per ( month are to be employed in these &" '* schools. flow every districz^in the state in which is included your district, jjtfr. Reader, is contributing to this appropriation because the money comes from the general state levy. You are therefore contributing to run schools in other districts lor seven momns '( * and to pay the teachers in these disr tricts $100-4>.er month, the idea being , ' to get the belt teachers. t * So Mr. Reader this is the kind of ' \ ' i school .you are helping support in or jj/ i der to benefit the children of people in other school districts. What are you doing for the children in your own " ' schobl district? Are you willing to ? # pay your money in order that the people in these other districts may have what you deny your own chil? dren, and your neighbors children? ** . ' Selfishness, if ' nothing else should cause the people Qf this coun | ty to get'into this jackpot and get what is coming to us. And there Is ? - but one way to do it, and that way is to levy a special tax of eight mills in your district. When you have done this you may employ a teacher, one or mere,* at a salary of $100 per month per teacher, and run your schools for seven months. If your I 177fi For 01 f jMIIU Indepe ' J . r 1 '< ; N i t4 > I ' '' Ji I di f' o: ' Oi ifirA-i iM m r ru 3 , . di /.I I I 9 0 I money gives out the state steps in and pays the bill. ' We are paying, we say, our part of this appropriation. Are we toe), slow, too indifferent, or too trifling to get the part whicii ought to come back to us. 1 In the language of Capt. Shaw and others perhaps, "A word to. the wise is sufficient."- I ?-5=-9?! A NEAR TRAGEDY * * . 1 Col. E. R. Miller was in the ' city, Wednesday afternoon and brought news of a near tragedy wnich occurred at Shiloh School House, formerly the Roost, last Sunday afternoon.' Mr. and Mrs. Austin Martin had ^t.tended services at the school house and started home in their Ford car, having with them Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Nickles and -several children. The car ?vmi. riviiTon Kv a Vrtlincr hf)V. wao WCU15 U14?VI. MJ ? J - ? "O o; and in attempting to pass another car which the party met in the road, he ran the Ford into a ditch about four' feet deep. The car was^ overturned J but fortunately no one was hurt J though the whole party was badly j frightened. Assistance was rendeied by others who had attended the services and in a few minutes they wore "rambling right along" in the "little 1 old Ford." JOHN NEUFFER DEFENDS UNCLE PAT'S WHITE BREECHES ^ Little John Neuffer, who is a chip off the old block, was being teased yesterday afternoon by :-om* of the older boys for wearing white breeches. John has seen Col. Pat Roche at Dr. Neuffer's lately whore the colonel goes regularly at the doctor's expense to give instructions in the art of playing set-back. John also is observant and has recorded the fact that Col. Pat appears in white, breeches during the summer months whenever he goes his rounds instructing the poor players of the city. So yesterday, instead of beii^g at all bashful because of his -white breeches, John replied to the taunts of the boys by saying "Mr. Pat Roche and me are he only people jn Abbeville riet nough to wear white breeches." BRADLEY?COX I 1 The wedding of . Miss Mary Carolyn Bradley and James Mcllwaine Cox took place Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Foster Bradley, at Troy, The home of the bride presented a scene of loveliness bei^g decorated with smilax and Cherokee rosese. The bridal party proceeded to the strains of Lohengrin's march i down the stairway at the foot of which the bride, lovely in a creation of white satin1 and georgette with real lace, was joined by the groom attended by R. E. Cox, best man. The bride and groopi proceeded under the beautiful wedding bell, which was suspended from an arch, bservance of 1.0' ndence Day WE WILL BE CLC MONDAY, JUI ily 4th, fittingly celebrate ite.of the official signing f Independence, is symbol ? Americanism. One hundred and forty-f y, initiative and honest s on for America a preemi ong the great nations of This rich heritage is ou iristic American energy 3ss, and with the determn tere can be no stopping rkf nnv r-niintw as it, ( v vyJ- v wa \/v via?v^. ~ ? red and forty-fifth year c 5LANT1 B A N "THE FRIENDLY ABBEVILLE. vwwwww>#wvVv>/>/ws/vs^>/^vw><?, y ' where they were united in marriage' by Rev. Foster Bradley, father of i the bride. The bridesmaids were: Misses; Whitaker, Edna and Margaret Cox, j and the groomsmen were: Messrs , Hubert Cox, Willie Jones, and j Bayard Swetenberg. Mrs. Lewis j Mayo was dame of honor and Miss I Helen Bruner was maid df honor. ? John Wardlaw, Jr., a little nephew j of the bride bore the ring and little | Miss Carolyn Wardlaw w.as flower girl and accompanied the bride. ? S: The bride is the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Foster Bradley and will be welcomed to Abbeville where she has been a pleasant visi- j tor so many times. The groom is the secontfson of Mrs. R. E. Cox and is a popyTar young business man of the city. . After an automobile trip through j the mountains of North Carolina, j Mr. and Mrs. Cox will be at home to |j riieir many friends in Abbeville. ! / ' i COUNTENANCE TALIfS Col. J. L. McMillan, millionaire brick manufacturer (speaking now of the millions of bricks which he makes and not pf the millions of money he does not make) Jias been hav-:l ing an outing. Along with Col. Frank Fetzsr, another brick experr, and a few friends, Col. McMillan this week betook himself to the mountains, and has been doing some fine lishing. The party had a goodTtime, and every-' thing was lovely until the night be-' fore the party was to leave. At that cimf it was discovered that another pleasure-seeker stopping at tne same house had lost $220 and hadn't "used his own judgment" erther. Somebody' hp declared had stolen his money. A hunt was commenced for the money of course, and among the sus'j 'picious circumstances which attract-' 2d the attention of the loser was that} 3ol. McMillan's party left theX next, morning before day and were getting away from the scene as fast as their' car would cover the distance. Some! ten miles away the party was over-! taken, the losejr and an officer con- j fronting the brick manufacturer and| /tarty and demanding that they allow, >hemselves to be searched. This all agreed to, and it Aras decided that he! arith the worst looking countenance!' should be searched first, whereupoi | the officer mounted on Abbeville's brick king (sometimes of Dyion, Si c.). - ' : , i ( Of course no money was found, but the officer and the man who lost the money at first said tills didn't prove anything because me moneyi might have been hid. After looking over th6 crowd and going through their baeeaee thotlerh and finding no mountain juice, the officer declared J that the arrested party were all inr nocent. He said that he could look at Col. McMillan's face and tell that if he had either two hundred dollars ortwo dollars, he would invest it all in "licker," ^nd that as he had none of this article, and as he could not have drunk two hundred dollars worth JO j ft )SED ON .Y 5th id each year as the of the Declaration j ic of the true spirit | our years of indusichievement have | j inent position athe world. * | rs. With c.harac- % and resourceful $ iation to go ahead, | of the- onward 'f enters the one hun- $ >f its life. ' | j ERQ' - I KD ' I BANK" i|; j , S. C. ! ys/v/s/^VNAVsAV?^s/s//S/S/V/SA> S 7 I in the short time which had elapsed since the money was stolen, and as he knew the crowd he had in hind would not give away any "licker," to say nothing cf pouring it out, he found everybody not guilty and told them to go on their way rejoicing. All of which is very well, but it leads us to suggest that" when a crowd of people go to the mountains they should look the part. There is no surprise on our part'when a crowd of laboring-men, who d? not look the part of regular sports, are arrested under the circumstances ctatei. Laboring men should not go to the mountains. They should esay ax home and make bricks, or do other work, and allow professional men and fur-J niture dealers to do the mountaining.j A /mhhlo-r cVinnM Via Ibtrf t\t> A X. V.UUWiV J. wuwutu U V4V1V VV IliU lUkJ Mf VI I he may get arrested. ? \ I . YES forever, a^n< jj- must necesj DAY, of co an account EH tm m T% A %: WL rAI flUi y Count I SOUND JfllMllW Kec I Light in weight?tail and fit?they are the All the standard 1: Palm Beach, Coolke Get Your Summer Si : f I r aris NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PARDON OF PINK SHERAfeD ' ' You will please take notice that a ! petition for the pardon of Pink rrher! ard has been filed with Hon.' R. A. j Cooper, Governor, and said matter j will be considered by the State Boa^ j of Pardons, at Columbia, S. C-. on | Wednesday, July 7th. The sajd Pink Sherard was tried in the Court of General Sessions for Abbeville County, on September 7th 1915, -for the murder o? Ed Belcher. The jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter and his _ Honor Frank B. Gary, Presiding Judge, imposed a sentence of ten years in the Sftate Penitentiary or on County cjhaingang. The prisoner has served Mftearlv five vears of his sentence. \? J. M. NICKLES, I July 2, 1920, Attorney or Petitioner TERDAY Gi 4 TOMORROW yet to < tarily be our time for i \ urse, it's all the time we 1 au urkilo trmi Kavfi WVVtUJ Tf 1A1IV JVM I1IA v V ItllV V * r 5 PERCENT. ON S DEPOSITS I ty Sayings SAFE ' J STk * /" ored in the best of fashii ideal CLOTHES for Sun ight weight materials i nny Crash, Tropical Wo lit Today. Priced $1C :r & I ' ' \ MEETING DEMOCRATIC EXECl? ! TIVE COMMITTEE MONDAY . J I. Notice ia hereby given that the ! V Democratic Executive Committee will meet in the< Court Housej Monday, July 5th. Notices have been mailed all members of the committee. The business houses at Abbeville *re ' to be closed on that day but the Com- i" mittee will meet anyway. i . ' . ; V. * ti All members of the committee are _ . r / ^ urged to be present, as at this meet? ' v< ing the assessments against canoidates will be made, and the time for filing pledges will be fixed. In addition to the above the under* signed will offer hU resignation as County Chairman, and it will be nee- . essary for the committee to elect a. i successor. t ' Wm. P. GREENE, County Chr. ^ Julv 2. 1920. It. - . - 7 ' ^ ' : . M M ONE I :ome, when 1 iction?TO- ' M--M lave. 6pen | time. - I. AVINGS J; Bank I :ooi ou can't look hot anid 1 ok well dressed, but * , >u can look well. H es$ed and be cogl. B 3ur KEEP KOpL I ' JITS are the answer I /' , l one of these Suits a H. i?; llow can feel de- || fitfully comiortable P e length and |g I? I . , ^ . rsteds and Mohairs. LOO to $35.00. |j Zeesej \ . . V;:-' ;; ,-vJ