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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-^ass matter at I puot olKce in .\.obeville, S. C. Terns of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months , .50 FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920. MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS. The following news item is sen out from Spartanburg: 'Five school districts of this county voted during the past week to increase their tax levies < for school purposes. Wellford increased its levy from 8 to 10 mills; Cowpens, from 6 to 14 mills. Piedmont, from 4 to 10 mills; Jolly, from 4 to s mllis, and Oakland passed a similar in crease. The two last named -aistricts approved bond issues for the erection of handsome school buildings, Jolly's to cua? ?4,0UU and Oakland's to cost $6,000. .limoat every school district in this county has increased its tax lovy for school purposes within the past s'ix months." While five school districts in Spartanburg county were voting special +..1- hotter CfVinftls last iveei; not one in Abbeviile was so voting so far as we are informed. The school districts in Spartanburg county which are voting more than e.jjhl mills special levy >v:il receive support from the state appropriation, should these districts need extra money to enable the trustees to run the schools for seven months. Abbeville county will pay its pars of this appropriation, but the entire appropriation will be spent outside of Abbeville County, or practically so, unless the people in this county get busy. The school districts in Spartanburg ....'county voting the special levies will no doubt have better school Dulldings and better equipment. In order-to do so the Department of Education in this State, acting under the law, will give to these districts their snare of the state appropriation to help build better school " buildings. Abbeville county will contribute to tne appropriation made by. the state for this purpose and vfr ill help build better school houses in Spartanburg county, but the people of this county, unless they change their way oi doing, will themselves get none of the benefits from this appropriation. We repeat the question, "Are we unable to be selfish." If we are not progressive enough to build and equip school buildings the equal of any in the state for the education of the boys and girls of Abbeville county, oon wa nKo -moon onnntrh tn trv tn v-"" "" ""v ? " pet the part which might come to us if we did as well as other counties in the matter of special levies? Of right MM SIMM?? I COUN' On July 1st |S of Money tc ings Deposi I WE PAY F I Raffov IA^V^WA Wlil\ an account Counl s SOUND 0illM we are entitled to about one-fiftieth i of the entire appropriation because i we pay that fraction of it, but we i sit idly by and allow other more pro- i gressive counties and other more progressive and more thoughtful people in school districts in these counties to take our money and help themselves.' We ar; far and away oehind other " counties in this matter of schools and ' school buildings, as we have said be-^ fore. Are we unable to wake up? Do the people realize what we are miss-| ing and that we are robbing the I school children of this county of their birthright, Can we not arouse the people of the county to a juster conception of their duty towards their, j offspring and towards the community j and the state? We stand at the foot of the column in what we are doing for the cause of education, and wr seem to be content to stay there. We ! don't want anybody to "turn us' down.", And because Abbeville coun-. I ' I I ty is towards the foot of th6 class in | the state, we are one of the chief, contributing causes to the sickness1 with which the whole state is affected. Will the people do anything? In. the language of Col. Lark Wilson,; (and as we have before remarked,' perhaps others) "We pause for a re-j ply.'?a reply in fact and not in; words. WHO IS JAS. M. COX? James Middleton Cox was three' times governor of Ohio?an .honor enjoyed by only one other Ohioan, Rutherford B. Hayes. Born on a farm, educated in the i public schools, a printer's devil, a school teacher, a newspaper reporter,' a private secretary tc a congressman,; owner, manager and proprietor ofj two newspapers, member of congress for three years and three times governor of Ohio is his recora to date. Business success paralled his political achievements and through his own efforts Gov. Cox has amassed a fortune. Mr. Cox became leader of the Democratic party in Ohio in 1912 when he was first nominated for governor. James M. Cox was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1870. He attended district school and held hia fast" position as teacher in the school in which he took his first lessons. He worked evenings and holidays in a local prin-' ting office. His first regular assignment was on the reportorial staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He now owns and manages the Dayton Daily| News, his home town paper, and the i Springfield Daily News. I He is married and ha3 four children. I VISITING ON "THE\ STREET" Mrs. Sallie Bradley and Miss Statia Wideman are spending a month with Mrs. W. W. Bradley on Greenville street and are having a plesant time. HOME FOR A REST I Miss Georgia Edwards is at home from Easley where she has worked for the past several years, and is quite sick at the home of her sister Mrs. C. C. Gambrei'. She is suffering a nervous breakdown and physicians m? in?; I I TY SAVINGS Mr. Five Per Cent paid 01 > his friends?his Friends tors in the \1 TMTV C A \/TMr C DA /un i i on v inuo urv IVE PER CENT ON DEPOSITS. ; in now and join the fai in this Bank. ty Savings SAFE ! ! , ,'.i : '' ' 1 I I : . " i Bl idvise a complete rest. Friends here ire confident tha* tls*? Abbeville atnosphere will put her on the road tc recovery in a few weeks. SUMTER VISITORS Miss Julia Swearen and Francis Lyon of Sumter, are in the city for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Sol Rosenberg. V VVVV^VVVVVVWV\ V SEE JACK DEMPSEY V V IN THE FIRST EPISODE OF V V "DAREDEVIL JACK" V V AT OPERA HOUSE V V THURSDAY, JULY 15th. V V^\V\VVVV\\V \ \ n _???? ! We are authorized to announce Senator J. Howard Moore as a candidate for the office of Solicitor of the Eighth district subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic; party. . | * 2?SJSJSISISISJSIS?3ISJ3JSISJSfSM5ISISI3J5J3J31 I THE WORLD'S GREATrrOT HUB ICIOIAIUQ ?nnp?. E.O I IllWWIWinaiw r>^|#. v ciate and Commend the ESTEY PIANOS \ The world renowned Musician, Dr. Richard Strauss j says of the i ESTEY PIANO, *it is the only one that j is truly artistic in its rendering." ., These Pianos may be seen on the Floor of v JNO. A. HOLLAND, Greenwood Piano Ifian. For Reference: Bank of Greenwood. DORT AUTOMOBILE WINS FIRST PLACE IN ECONOMY TEST Dort cars won first and second places in their class in the Sacramento-Lake Tahoe Reliability'and Economy run of June 25th. Authorities state that this was the most strenuous road contest staged in California, ' 1 :i: J Witn very not weatner {jievamng ?uu much traffic to contend with. , The route was one of 260 miles over the high Sierras with grilling! grades reaching an altitude of eight i thousand feet from a start at sixty feet. There were twenty-four representative cars entered and twenty one made the run. First Dort averaged twenty and one-half miles to the gallon of gaso lines-second Dorrt eighteen and two thirds miles. The finishing third averaged neatly three miles less to the gallon. First Dort made a perfect score i j nAi secona JL>ort scureu vvl puuita um ui a possible 1,000. Except at official controls, neither Dort stopped its wheels.?Adv. BANK I it a nice sum ^ are the Sav NK Jg! SAVINGS | nily; Open ||| jjjj bank | ' i SERVICE ^ J | | GOVENOR COOPER SAYS: ' ? "Cut off non-essentials, cut down the amount of money used in f) non-productive activities, and lay aside a few dollars - against the g? time when money will return to its normal value. gj< 1 IN OTHER WORDS SAVE! I ' ' : ; . '1 |?I When prices get down to a normal basis again the Dollar you savB ed in 1920, which has a very small purchasing power now, will be ' H a normal Dollar and will have its normal purchasing power. S \X/p start a npw series Inlv 70 I f f vy V V^Jk % ** W T T WA AVW ^ jpv V I -'/A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT. "?| II II II A ir * I.I m M Building S Loan Association1 f of Abbeville I | G. A. NEUFFER, Pres. J. S. MORSE, Secretary. ^ . . ; iuuuuuuuuuauuu<uaaauuuaaauauuu?aauuiJLiULJiJLJu> fi - IJlll [j _ O 1 1ir|J S H yJummer |!i 9 jilUk.^raL r j| * Will ' ( SUMMER Clothes of j[ [i \ & yesteryear didn't have [! - * much style to them-the j j B ?4 Si' 1 We""^re88e^ m a n 11 jfi ^ ?ut t^ose Summer {| .; Clothes went out of j1 ^ ! style, with cobble stones { ' W and cocktaii glasses, ^ S - They wouldn't sell. ? jj S ? 1920. Kinr KWu Klotho IP" So , > jjj In Their Place Came " . 1 KING KLASS KLOTHES | S FOR WARM DAYS ? S !fi S Light-weight Clothes?to suit the rising temper- i i jfi ature, of course. But more than that?they had j 2 n the styling and tailoring, the cut and the fit that I j jjj made them stand alongside of his "regular ? j it- tn 1 nnlri'n or riorllt and fit tin P I ? J UUUd W11C11 11 vailiv iv? luvnuig c? ? \Jj fine and wearing long. -1 | J. M. ANDERSON CO. f | CLOTHING STORE ^ *