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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-liass matter at post office iD .'iobeville, S. C. Terns of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 . Three months .50 WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1920 TALKING ABOUT COTTON ED. We see that Col. George Warren who wants to succeed Cotton Ed in the Senate has been telling the people that Ed failed to answer a good many roll calls. Well, does George | expect Ed to answer all the roll calls.1 and look after the cotton ci-op too?i What the people down here are in-| terested in is whether or not Ed fail I ed to answer a roll call looking to put. j ting up the price of cotton. If Ed did that then George may have some room to complain, but until he does so the people will know that when Ed was not there to vote, he was out studying how to keep cotton climbintr towards 1.89. i George should not allow this to worry him. What George should be trying to do is to get in position to answer the roll calls himself, anJ what we fear is going to happen to Gee rge is that when the roll is called August 31st, George's name won't be called at all. Ed will be there then though and he will answer "good and loud." i George is not the first fellow who has tried to make the peopie believe that Ed was not a good Senator. He should remember that Ed is a cotton man and that he must look out for our interests in cotton and that he hasn't time to be voting on all kinds of fool bills when he should be watchin c old Wall Street to keen it from putting the price of cotton down. *j What are George's figures anyway? Is he in favor of 1.89, or ar his figures higher than that? AND STILL WE PAY. We had a few remarks to mak some days ago about our paying tax es for school purposes, all of which goes to help the schools in other counties by swelling the state appropriation to help weak school di<3 \ tricts, and from which appropriation| we &re not getting our share of the' bfneSk' ju j And this it not the only appropri-. ation to which we are contributing1 and from which we receive no pro'portionl\<s benefit. There is of for^ J in this state an Act of th^ j Assembly appropriating several ( thousand dollars to be used ill help-' ing school districts build new school houses. A report from the office of the Superintendent of Education a few days ago stated that more than thirty thousand dollars was spent last year in helping build school houses over the state, but the report showed that while we contributed to this fund our part, some eight hun-; dred dollars, we figure, not a dollar ( of the money came back to Abbeville County. t*T _ ? ' we imagine 11 mcic is a tuum,j the-state which needs better school houses and better equipment for the schools in the rural sections it is Abbeville County. Some of the school houses in the county we said then { and we repeat the statement, are areproach to the people of tne whole county. The people of the county are pr.yir.g for the building of school liouses in other counties, and we are unable to understand why our people will not put themselves in shape to get something out of this appropriation when we stand in such urgent need of better buildings for our 1 schools. Are we unable to be selfish? Do we pay taxes in order to be charit- ' able to the people in Anderson, Spar- ' ten burg and Greenville, or are we too 1 indifferent to give our own children as good school facilities as do these 1 counties? ' We have said that we are opposed ( to these appropriations and we stil ( are, but if it is the policy of the state ' to make them, and if we are forced 1 to pay our part we should see to it J that we get our part of the benefits. We believe it was Ben Tillman who suggested that if the stealing had to ? jo on he was in favor of getting his ?art of the booty. Now we would not :all these appropriations stealing, jut it is the taking of money from Dne community by force of a legal enactment for the benefit of other communities. It is done we suppose :n an honest effort to get better school buildings, and to encourage people to make proper efforts to better the school facilities of the many, school districts in the state. There will always be more or less unfairness in the distribution of these funds, not designedly to be true, but of necessity. The only way to make the unfairness as little as possible is for every school district in every county to get all it can, to the end that the distribution may be to that extent on a fair basis. It is time for the people in Abbeville County to inform themselves about these appropriations and to go out fcr their share. Nobody is going to collar us and force our share on us. We must go after It ourselves. I Are we wise enough to ao it: THE CHILD DRIVER. Any one who handed a fifteen-, year-old girl a loaded revolver and told her to wave it in a crowd would be regarded as viciously and trimi-' nally reckless of human life. Yet parents will permit a boy or girl to drive a motor car upon a public high-; way and think nothing of the fact that they are risking lives rcght and left, and incidentally violating a state law designed to afford protection to users of the public streets. The Sunday tragedy upon Pelham Parkway spent itself .upon the girl Hrivpr nnH hpr fflmilv. Rut. t.Vip npril was for every one within striking dls-' tance, and the lesson is for every one owning a car. An automobile is not a simple toy that a child can be trusted with. Its operation calls for muscle, judgment, nerve ana experience, which only adults possess?and not all adults, by any means. The danger to one's own car and one's family Involved in permitting a child to drive is great and immediate. The danger ?o the public is even greater and just as direct. j A wanton disregard of tne law and the rights of the public is Involved in every case in which a boy or girl Is permitted to drive a motor car.?N.*' Y .Tribune. I DEATH MRS. MATTIE LINDSAY Mrs. Mattie McCaslan Lindsay, widow of the late Dr. A. B. C. Lind-' say, of Due West, died at the resi-l .dfcijee of Dr. E. P. Davis, at 5:15 on Mondpy morning after a brief illness.' ftfrs, Lindsay was born in Clear' Springs ^strict, Abbeville county,1 March 7, I84g, |3he was married at the outbreak of the civil war, herj husband being a member of Company G, Second South Carolina Cavalry. J Mrs. Lindsay spent tne greater' frari ${ he* life in Abbeville county,1 within a few miles of where her; great grand parents settled dft ar*^ riving from Ireland many years a?<h She had no children her tovM, but j i . ah reared wuee 01 ner hisibi a. au ui the three survive het being, Mrs. E P Davis sof this city, Mr?. J. N. DuPre j of Atlanta, and Lindsay Wilson also of this city. One sister, Mrs. A. E. Morris of Atlanta also survives. Mrs . Morris is now 89 years of age. Funeral services will be neld at the Second Presyterian churcn Tuesday ^ at 12 o'clock, conducted by the Rev J. C.. Rowan, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church. The funeral ' party will leave for Due West at 1:55 over the P. & N. Burial will take place at Due West tomorrow afternoon.?Greenville Piedmont. j Mrs. Lindsay was a first cousin of Mrs. B. S. Barnwell and Mr. Pat Mc- " Caslan of this city who attended the 1 burial at Due West yesterday afternoon. i MASONIC MEET < ,1 There will be a Special Conclave ' >f Greenwood Commandry No. i K. < T. at the Masonic Temple ou July i 3th. for purpose of conferri'V the t orders of Knighthood on the follow- t ,ng Royal Arch Companions:William Francis Greene of Grcoii- f .vood, Francis Eugene Harrison. Jr. 1 jf Abbeville, Henry Sanforl Howie 1 )f Abbeville, Furman Boyce Milfovd 5 >f Calhoun- Falls, Claude Aubrey,! Parks of Mt. Carmel, Clan \c Hnr-jl ?'ey Pennell of Abbeville, Arthur J Vlilwee Klugh of Abbeville, George,t \llen Banks of Greenwood |i The work will start promptly at s 7 P. M. and the candidates will re- t port thirty minutes ahead of that time. Ice cream and cake will be served during the evening. The Commander appointed J. P. Philips, R. 0. Whitaker and K. G. Sneal a Committee to arrange for the refreshments. COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSION MEETS The Abbeville County highway commission met yesterday in the office of J. S. Stark, chairman, and passed a resolution that until July 27th 1920 sealed bids for the loan of $54,600 to the commission would va/ioivoH TViic nmrmnt is to be ! duplicated by the government for beginning work on the county roads. This loan is necessitated by the fact that the commission is Unwilling to attempt to float the bonds on the present market as the act requires that they be sold at par and they bear only 5 1-2 per cent. Invitations were also sent yester-l day to a large number of large con tracting firms to prepare their bids for building the roals specified in the act. All of the members were present yesterday except Dr. Kirkpatrick, J.' C. Ashley and J. A. Gillam. Attending Meeting of Pharmaceutical Association i i 1 Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McMurray left yesterday for Charleston and the Isle of Palms where the former will at-1 tend a meeting of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association this week.' They took John and Otis McMurray along to let them bathe in the Atlantic, and see the sea serpents and flirt with the mermaids. : A NEW PIANO. i Children's Day last' Sabbath at the Baptist church was an interesting affair for the little folks and tneir parents. Each little boy and girl was. given a fancy pink enreiope which will be brought back this Sabbath full of money which will be used to pay for the piano in the Kindergarten class. This class is in charge of Mrs.' milson ana is one 01 tne nourishing institutions of the church.* j SWIMMING PARTY. Mrs. Will Leslie chaperoned about' fifteen young people on a swimming party at Rapley Shoals the Fourth. A picnic dinner was enjoyed, and the day was declared to foe the happiest spent this summer. . -.*? ji . j AS YOU LIKE IT. I I Miss Bessie Cothrdn has gone to j camp "As You Like It** a: Little j Switzerland, N. C., where she will i apend the summer. Her friends wish . her a pleasant time. j ANOTHER CORPORATION \ TAX REPORT DUE \ D, Ci HejfiVard, Collector of In- j ternttl Revenue stated yesterday that he desired to call to the attention to all corporations, associations, joint stock companies and in- i urance companies the fact that the , Revenue law require the filing of a ! :apital stock tax report with his of- J rice during the month of July, J L920. j The tax in question is imposed for I :he privilege of doing business for j :he government fiscal year and the | report due to be filed during the j present month covers the period j jnding June 30t]j 1921. j flollertor Hevward said that the ] jxperience of his office was that a ! ;reat many corporations were de-; inquent in filing this report each1 ^ear for the reason that they, ;hought they were not liable for i :ax on acount of not being ensrag-i jd in active business, and he wishes! ;o state that the regulations re- j luire every corporation existing' ander the laws of the State to file! "eport, or submit conclusive evi- i 1 aL.i *_ 4. 1:?U1 ^ a lence mat it is nuu nauic. -l/clci- ;| nination of tax liability rests en;irely with the Commissioner of Inr ;ernal Revenue. The Captital Stock Tax Division >f the Internal Revenue Bureau is; jusily engaged in preparation for landling the reports for the pre-, lent taxable period, and blank :orms will be mailed to every cor- j joration in the District on Tuesday, fuly 6th, 1920. Every taxpayer who loes not receive a blank form with-j n a reasonable time after that date' ;hould request the Collector's office ;o furnish one. 1 COUNf m I On July 1st of Money to ings Deposi | CC | WE PAY F I Better come ' an account i n i I V/UUUl j SOUND ' A PARABLE | Put one hundred men on an island where fish is a staple article of sustenance. Twenty-five of the men catch fish. Twenty-five others clean fish. Twenty-five cook the fish. Twenty-five hunt fruit and vegetables. The entire company I eat what thus is gathered and prepared. So long as everybody works there is plenty. All hands are happy. Ten of the allotted fish catchers stop catching fish. Ten more dry and hide part of the fish they cajtch. Five continue to catch fish, but work only part of the day at it. Few fish go into the community kitchen. But the same number of men insist upon having the same amount of fish to eat as they had before. The fifty men who formerly clean S fi ? 19Z0. Kinr Kltw KJtthe* ? In Theii LC IKl Light-w ature,o the styli made tl duds" v fine and J.! fi fi i rY SAVINGS Mr. Five Per Cent paid 01 > his friends?his Friends tors in the >UNTY SAVINGS BA IVE PER CENT ON DEPOSITS. i in now and join the fa in this Bank. y Savings SAFE iniiBiiaiiiH ed and cooked the fish have less to do owing to the unaer-supply of fish. But they continue to demand food. / ^ Gradually greater burdens are laid upon thef ruit and vegetable hunters. These insist upon a larger share of fish in return for their larger efforts in gathering fruit and vegetables. It is denied them and soon twenty of the twenty-five quit gathering fruit and vegetables. But the entire one hundred men continu to insist uiion their right to eat. The daily food supply gradually shrinks. The man with two. fish demands three bananas in exchange for one of them. The man with two bananas refuses to part ... with one for fewer than three fish. Fnally the ten men remaining at j work quit in disgust. The hidden] fish are brought to light and con BRB?aaaaaaaaa I I yJU I 6/i Hi H A Biff ! dujvuvj jjy, f- yestery much 8 | \ i well-d I wouldn '' jy Clothes ggfP^^ style, \* and c They m r Place Came fNG KLASS KL FOR WARM DA eight Clothes?to suit t\ f course. But more thai ing and tailoring, the cul lem stand alongside o trhen it came to looking r I wearing lonjj. H. ANDERS CLOTHING STC BANK I ut a nice sum f| are the Sav . lNK -V SAVINGS mily; Open I I WM 'K ' PH I'- :f'r Bank I ST^ W&B'jFkV-i SERVICE [f i sumed. Comes a day when there is. no food of any kind. Everybody ort. the island 6lames everybody ) else. ?Chicago. Herald and Examiner. ; :'4;M COTTON MARKET Jan T._ ... 31.12 Mar. 30.50 j May 29.20' July 39.57" Oct. 33.27 ; Dec. 31.71 \ \ V \ V \ VV\\W\\H v '? *. : v V SEE JACK DEMPSEY V V CHAMPION PR|ZE FIGHTER \ V OF THE WORLD V V AT OPERA HOUSE; V IV / THURSDAY,-JULY 15th.. V k ) s, i " . aiaiMiaaianniEiaaffi i N -Ill mmer , j!g tikes |!l AND SOME i [j ARE NOT i | ? ICD HaAo. nf I " IU1V ViUUlva va . ear didn't have f! tyle to them-the j | ressed man {j i't have them. ! | those Summer I j ; went . out of j I 'ith coHble stones IJ ocktail glasses. ! [ wouldn't sell. g | OTHES Ij YS ffi te rising temper- S 1 that?they had ? ! t and the fit that ? | f his "regular I; ight and fitting J i m no I Vi 1 vvi =n )RE j|