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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATIOi
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1922.
THE SCHOOLS MUST RUN.
Nobody enjoys paying taxes. Neitl
er does anybody take kindly to th
thought of raising taxes just nov
The feet is that it sounds somethin
like treason for a person to say th?
taxes must' be raised. (
Rut -we had just aa well face a
questions fairly and look -thei
squarely in face. Some little tim
ago, foreseeing that the taxable va;
ues of property would be greatly r<
duced by the new assessment th
Press and Banner undertook to pr?
pare the public for just what ha
happened. _
In ourvremarks on the subject w
called attention to the fact that pec
pie in every other business and cal
ing were accepting lower wages an
a lower scale of remuneration, ac<
while the teachers of the state wer
not overpaid, it would be necessar
" that the -scale of their pay be some
what lowered. We believe that proi
osition has generally l>een accepte
by the public and the teachers a
well. But there must be.a limit b(
yond -which salaries cannot go dowi
jyard, because while we may not b
able to pay the highest salaries pai
in the state, we must yet pay sue
salaries as will command the service
of good teachers.
Undertaking to carry out this pr<
gram, at least to some extent, th
Board of Trustees has undertaken t
, * ascertain as nearly as practicabl
\ just what the income Of the schot
district will be another year, and s
the same time has made up a schec
ule of the charges which are inevitf
bje in the running of the school:
.That schedule will be found elsewher
in this issue. It will be evident fron
reading it that there are many item
in the expense side of the statemen
wnicn are coo low, xne amount, sug
gested for incidentals and repairs i
much less than has been paid annual
ly for a number of years. Othe
Charges which cannot now be fore
seen will come up.
But considering the statement a
it stands it shows that we will nee
something like $3,000 to $4,50
more than the promised income wit
which to run the schools another yeai
We are not advised whether the pres
ent Superintendent will accept th
salary offered him and stay with u
or not. We very much hope that h
will, but whether he does or not, i
is safe'-to say that as g6od a man wi]
not be found to head the school wor
here for any less than the amour
offered. And it will be the more nec
essary to have a good man at th
head of the schools, because with hi
increasing usefulness and experienci
Prof. J. M. Daniel, who has bee
the principal of the schools for ses
eral years, will not desire to sta
witn us at tne salary we are aDie x
offer him. His experience and accorr
plishments fit him to take the superir
< tendency of a school somewhere ?
a much better salary than we ar
able to offer him. We will start with
new principal and with a good man
new teachers, no doubt, and w
would emphasize the statement thj
we need a first class superintenden
We have one and we hope that h
will remain with us.
But if we pay the reduced salaT
offered him and pay the reduced sa
ary appropriated for the principal
and the scale fixed for teachers w
Tirill efill K?> chrwf fo amAnnt
ed above for meeting the expense
of running the schools.
What then are we to do? Shall -w
run schools of indifferent effectivi
ness and offer to the youth of th
city less than they are offered i
towns of like size in the state? W
do not think the people will be wil
ing to do this. For many, a majorit
perhaps, of those who are attendin
the city schools, the training offere
here is all.that will ever be offere
them. In this day of strained financ*
S
- v
!a gTeat many people who would
, .to give their children a college
J cation find themselves utterly ui
? to do more than send them thr
r J the high schools. We have given
| percentages heretofore, and we
| not give the figures again. For
? j children the city should offer all
it(it can offer. It should offer no
less than a high school training <
? to that offered in other towns
cities.
'0 Then again those who are f
10 j nate enough to go away to the
'?i leges deserve proper training1. 1
~, is nothing which so hinders a
re i
^(ent in carrying on his or her >
and nothing which is so embarra
to the colleges, as students who
up for entrance unprepared to d<
work which the colleges ou
When this happens there is no1
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VU UU CAtCpV W OCIIU LUC Dbb
l" "back home, which is something 1
ei thought of only with the gre
' misgivings, or to undertake to
g such student go through school i
lt ^unsatisfactory way, gaining littli
the student and reflecting little <
^ it on the college. It is, expei
n these days to send students to
e better colleges and those who
^ prepared to make the sacrifices
'* order to send, their children t!
e should at least have the opportu
after paying for it, of knowing
lS they are prepared to enter and
good work.
e There is another consideratio
costs anywhere from $500.00 to
560.00 to send a student to a
d college a year. That is a large
lay for most people in these
e times. We have perhaps forty i
y ents from Abbeville in the scl
!* and' colleges of this and ne
states, we, imagine mat tne pai
d of these students are spending
ls least $30,000 per year for their t
ing. But at home where we
training more than five hundred
?e "dents in the city schools we ar<
dj pending less on the whole nui
h | than on the forty away from h
is This must suggest that after all
[ cation in the public schools- is
y J nomical. If some of the patrons
lejpay high taxes, but who neve
o less, have children to send to
e lege, were forced to send them i
>1 from home for two^, or three j
it preparation before these chil
I- could enter college, we imagine
i-jit would not take long to pers
s. these parents that good schools
e home, at whatever price, 'are
a nomical.
s Considering the6e matters, w<
v lieve it is tne duty ox tne citxzei
"j Abbeville to meet with the Boai
Sj Trustees Friday afternoon for
~ipurpose of going over these ma
r and of pledging whatever of suj
is necessary in order to make
income of the district sufficient
pay the reasonable charges of
ning the schools. We believe frorr
figures which we have seen and
discussion which we have heard
the subject that there is no way
of the present situation except
vote another three mills school
to supplement the present inc
If it is necessary to cfo that in c
to make the schools a success
tax must be voted. There is no
to talk about expenses, high t
or other thing when the schools1
at stake. The schools must run
fectively. And when we come to
the tax the people should be ren
ed that we are just now doing
other districts have already <
We have a low rate of taxatior
y j this district for schools. A1
0 i every other county seat district
l" the state, if not all of them, ha
l" higher rate of taxation than we ]
lt The state levy has been reduced
e j mills, and while taxes will be
a j to pay still we may the more e
y i pay a little more taxes than we
e | honorably allow the schools to si
| In urging the people to vote
| necessary taxes for running
ie j schools, it will be noted that w<
I that we are ready to vote suffi
y: taxes to oav the REASONABLI
1- j mands of running the schools. I
s, j undoubtedly true that all c
rej learned habits of extravagance
t-ithe past, not only in the mai
js ment of our own business but ii
j running of business for other pe
rejBut we have, struck a period o
b- j trenehment and reform. And
is must be the program in the rur
n of the schools in the future. V
e ever may be said of the past, a
1- is not profitable to discuss it es
y as it affects the future, we si
g determine to have a strict acc
d j of expenditures in this school
d trict. The employment 'of a tea
ss who is not now absolutely nece
[ like
edu
nable
should not be considered either by.^
the Board of Trustees or by the su-j .
perintendent, whoever he may be.
ough j Both the Board of Trustees ?nd the
the; Superintendent, looking to the eco
nomical running of the schools,
should enter on the work next year
with the definite idea of running the
schools, just as any other good busi
ness institution is run in hard times,
at a minimum of expense for proper
results. We think that any sensible
superintendent will welcome sugges
tions from the Board of Trustees
looking to this end and will be i
clined to cooperate with the mem
bers to that end. But whatever his
attitude in the matter, the business
of the Board of Trustees is to pro
tect at all times the interest of the
school district in matters financial as
well as in the matter of good schools.
ident
:o be
atest
have
n an
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TEXAS FARMER SPEAKS
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In Behalf of Cooperation Market
ing Of Cotton j
cred* 'Columbia, April 4.?J. D. Cog-Wan
a fanner of Ennis, Texas arrived in
Columbia Saturday night and Mon
day began a speaking tour in behalf
of the cooperative marketing of cot
ton. ile has come to South Carolina,
at the request of the South Carolina
the Texas Cotton Cooperative asso
ciation, to tell of the operations of
the Texas Cotton Cooperaitve asso
ciaion, of wh'ich he is a (member.
"I(am just ,a dirt farmer,'* said
Mr. Coghlan last night, "and make
no pretense at oratory. I am delight
however, at the opportunity to come
to South Carolina and tell lhe farm
ers of, this state just what coopera
tive marketing of cotton has already'
meant for Texas and what I believe
it will mean for the whole cotton belt
when an organization has been per
fected in each state as will be the
% m al. 1 Ann
case oeiore xne 13^ crup ia garner
ed.
"I grew 100 bales of cotton last
year and it was all turned over to
the Texas association. Under the co
operative plan, it has 'been sold at
an average of three cents a pound
more than cotton of the same grade
and staple has 'brought from the
buyers on the streets of my home
town. I am glad to be .able, to say to
the farmers of South (Carolina that
cooperative max&e>ting of cotton is
proving a great success in Texas and
I know it will prove a great success
in this state." i
Speaking of how the new method
of financing helped him, Mr. Cogh
lan said:
"I drew 60 per cent of the value
of my cotton or about #50 per balo
when I turned my cottpn ove^ to the
association. With this #50 per' bale,
I liquidated at my bank; that slack
ened the noose, around riiy neck and
>1 sure felt good. In a short time I
went tback to the bank and asked if
my remaining 40 per cerfit equity
was sufficient collateral and the
bank's answer was an emphtic sure!
Therefore, I can draw full value of
my cotton, and r.t the same time my
cotton is sold on the high peaks and
not as distressed cotton.
"On the street in Texas the grade
has always been tOo low,'and staple
is a work hardly known. This year I
was astonished 'When I got returns
from the association and found that
half of my cotton, was* 11-16 inch
staple. I have sold cotton for 40
years in Texas, but this is the first
time I ever knew I had so valuable a
staple, ine leasi, average premium
for my staple is 23-4 cents.
"More than $2,000,000 -were ad
vanced the Texas cotton yrowers
through the Texas association during
the past season. The loans were all
made under the cooperative? cotton
marketing plan which js to ">be fol
lowed in South Carolina."
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THURSDAY and FRIDAY
APRIL 6th and '7th"
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CAPTURE LARGE STILL
Anderson, Apr. 4.?A disftille-ry of
30 gallon capacity was captured 'by
officers Saturday afternoon near Iva.
There was also 200 gallons of beer
poured out.
Largest hot springs in the world
are said to be at Thermopolis, Wyo.
JOYS MR. TUSTEN'S LETTER
T
Ige Benet Says it ii At Good As
iny Chapter in the Famous
"Travels of Marco Polo"
tor Press and Banner:
,rou certainly gave the readers of
s Press and Banner a great treat
?n you published Mr. Tusten's let
I am sure that I express the sen
ent of all who read that letter
?n I say that we owe a debt of
titude to you and to Mrs. Eugene
d
liary, me sister to wnom in? icc
was written. I have read many
ks of travels,?it is a kind of
ding I am fond of, and I assure
[ that it would be difficult to'find
my of them a more interesting
1 entertaining chapter than Walter I
(ten's letter. It is as good as any
pter in the famous "Travels of ,^
,rco Polo." Indeed, since it covers p
:h of the same ground, it reminds
very much of that ancient trav
r's work. The pleasure in reading
3 increased by the free and easy
simple narrative style of the
ter.
t should be a ^leasaht reflection
the good people of Abbeville that
Iter Tusten, while still a mere
th, went to New York, not to
his luck as if life were a lottery,
to make1 his fortune by intelli
t industry, thrift and skilful
dicraft, and that he has been so
:easful that. while still in the
ne of life, he is able to wind up
business in New York, shut up
p, and take a long year's holi
by^ travelling around the world,
&mpanied by his wife and daugh
His career reflects honour on his
ive town.
W. C. Benet.
mshaws, N. C.
BE RUTH OPPOSES 30YS
SMOKING CIGARETTES
jittle Bock, Ark. Apr. 4.?"Babe"
th is opposed to lboy3 smoking cig
ttes. Appearing before several
usand members of the Little Rock
7$' Club, Ruth advised against the!
of cigarettes here last night
?r he distributed buttons bearing
name to the boys. I
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ORNADOES SWEEP
SECTIONS OF SOUTH
Memphis, Tenn., April 1.?Storms
'hich in some instances took the
arm of tornadoes have swept sever
I sections of the south durihg1 th?
ist 48 hours with heavy property
amage -but so far aa has been re
orted no lives -were tost.
iProperty damage of $100,000 re<
jlted from a wind storm at the Re<3
iver parish oil field in Louisiana,
?ne hundred and forty derrick
'ere Mown down and several build
lgs were wrecked. Several ware
ouses were destroyed at Cosshata
a.
Two persons were seriously in
irea ana a numoer 01 nomes wen
amaged in a tornado at Savannah
enneesee, last night and severa
ersons were reported injured a
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early today in a tornado vrhiffc ^
aged fifteen residences. \
Plantations, calbins, cotton boose
and fences were leveled by a Tiolen
wind storm which struck near Green
ville, Miss, fcday.
BOTH PILOTS WERE KILLED
IN AIRPLANE COLLISION
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Houston, Texas ,A peril J 4.?Tw
airplanes of Ellington fi^d,
near South {Houston this
and came down in flames.
pilots were killed. Major John ^
of one plane, was burned to dart
and Lieutenant C. H. Fitzpatrick ?
Sacramento, Cal., pilot of 1be otto
machine died in a few minuter *
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