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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1922.
THE SPECIAL TAX.
Some weeks ago at a meeting of .
the citizens of the town held in the j
Court House it was decided to take |
steps looking to a vote on the ques-1
tion of increasing the school levy in
this school district. The work of se
curing the necessary petitions was
turned, over to the Parent-Teacher
Association, the only organization
connected with the schools. Immedi
ately after the meeting the petitions
were circulated in some parts of the
city and the same were generally
signed, but as yet we have not heard
of the election being ordered.
On inquiry the Press and Banner
is informed that the work of secur
ing the petitions has somewhat lag
ged. #The ladies who are the officers
and appointees of the Parent-Teacher
Association have so far not secured j
the necessary signatures. Perhaps be-'
ing citizens with the vote is some-1
what more of a burden to them than j
they had expected. At any rate theyj
are proving about as slow as some!
men we know.
Laying this aside, however, it ap
pears to the Press and Banner that'
the matter of ordering this election
should be pressed at once. In factj
it is absolutely necessary that the j
matter be given immediate attention, j
The schedule of teachers' salaries for:
the next year as outlined at the meet
? " AAM?I^A%)dK1ir i-nHnno/I oil '
lllg Willie V.V1101UC1 ttWij ivuuvvu ?I* |
along the line, cannot be paid un-j
less the two mills taxes are voted. j
That much is certain. We shall noti
be able we think to secure teachers'
for any less than the sums proposed. j
We believe, as we have stated, thatj
teachers should be paid reasonable
salaries, and no more than is reason
able; but it is foolhardy to expect to
secure jteachers for less than they!
can earn in other callings where the!
work is not so irksome.
Perhaps it would be a good idea'
for the trustees of the district to co-j
operate with the Parent-Teacher,
Association in this matter, at least so i
far as is necessary to ascertain thej
wishes of the public in the matter.
The Press and Banner has no di-j
rect interest in the matter. We are j
for low taxes always unless the pub-1
l c good demands higher taxes. The!
owner of the Press and Banner j
would profit perhaps if the two ex-1
tra miils were not authorized. But
we cannot stand in these matters on
the effect such measures will have on :
our -pocket-books. We must remem- j
ber that there are many children in
the city whose parents are unable
financially to send them to schools
olher than the public schools; there;
are widows with children, and men j
with so many children that good i
public schools are absolutely necer- j
sary in order that these children may :
rccure a proper education. In many
cases the parents are doing all that
they can. It is a considerable charge ;
on a man in moderate circumstances!
to keep four or five children in j
school, even when the buildings are;
furnished by the public and there j
are no tuition charges. The design
of the public schools is to help all
the people to educate their children j
and especially those who need and
deserve help. In forming our opin
ions in matters pertaining to the
schools we need to think of the pub
lic good and not of ourselves too
rv?n/?Vi I
This school district is poor finan-j
cially as compared with the school j
districts in other towns of like size.
We have %w nfenufacturing enter
prises in the district and the income
is small. Notwithstanding this our
tax levy for public schools is muth
less than it is in many other towns
whene schools of only ten grades are
operated. We do not believe there is
a town in the state with eleven grades
in its schools where the tax levy for
scholia is lower than here. We really j
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believe we are from two to six mills'
lower than any of the other towns. J
The Press and Banner has no de-,
sire to press its views on other peo-i
pie of a contrary opinion further
than the situation demands. But we
would be reluctant in our duty to
the public, as we see it, if we did not
urge the people of this school dis- j
trict to get together and vote this'
additional tax. We see it as an im-'
perative duty at tftis time.
The teachery that the Abbeville
Press and Banner talks about for the;
city of Abbeville is the thing that
must come for many of our rural
schools, and that will come in the
near future. We have advocated that
for many years, and we have some
districts in Newberry county where
that idea could be inaugurated to the
rrro o + V?o r? ofif nf t>ip philHren and to I
the community.?Newberry Herald
and News.
"WUSN'T THAR"
Uncle Jim Stark says that all this
talk about his going to Level Land is
null and void. He hasn't been there,
he says, since he made the conclud
ing oration on the benefits of good
* 1 1- J T
roaas away vacn yonuer '.ueiuxe me
war, or thereabouts. He converted
Judge A. F. Carwile with that
speech, and he thought when he did
that he had about done all the good
he could do in that community.
He does not deny that "nephew"
was in that precinct on one occasion
last summer, and he is not sure but
ofl-oiri Pnf Vio CflVC
Liiau lie nc-iii/ nganii a/uu
knows the nephew didn't do
much card-playing and liquor
drinking, because ho hears that
there was fried chicken "galore"
spread before the visitors on that
occasion and he says the nephew
wouldn't lay fried chicken down for
"no kind of drink," to say nothing
of a deck of cards; "Great Balls of
Blue Mud, No, he wouldn't," Uncle
Jim declared.
Since all the testimony has come
out about the wickedness of Level
Land it is said that several fishing
j
parties are being planned for that'
section; in fact if Col. Pat Roche
hadn't already "set his function for
Shuckpon Eddy," he doesn't know
but that he would go to Level Land
"hisself."
We are expecting Mayor Walter
Wilson and Uiiioi Jonn ft., rempie
down in a few days to give a cor
rect inventory of what is going on in
Level Land.
DRESS OF PURE GOLD ONE
PRINCESS' WEDDING GIFTS
Belgrade May 16.__A dress of
pture gold is one of the most con
spicuous of tho wedding gifts receiv
ed by Princess Marie, of Rumania,
who will be married here June 1 to
King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia. The
dress was presented to her by the
peasants of the country.
King Alexander has received from'
the Serbians in Macedonia, shirt ofi
pure silver, woven on a hand loom
from a mediaeval design that now isj
nearly extinct. Among the king's (
presents to his bride to be, is a mag
nificent crown of gold, embellished
with diamonds, rubies and ame
thysts, each district of Jugo-Slavia
having contributed one precious;
*tone for the crown.
MOOT COURT
The mombers of the graduating
class at the high school are holding
moot court this week to the enjoy
ment of the pupils. John Klugh is
Judge and the defendant in the case
"Bill" Cox, who is charged with the;
crime of killing his dog. The fate of
th? defendant hangs on the testi
mony of Fred Minshall, a witness
for the defense, who testifies that
he went home with the defendant
from a dance at the home of Donald
Harris and they found the dog dead
upon arrival.
BANDITS SECURE $30,000 J
Springfield, iMo., May 16.?Four
bandits in an automobile intercepted
a machine carrying pay roll of the
St. Louis and San Francisco rail
road this morning and escaped with
$30,000 in currency and silver. Po
lice Lamb was hit dn the left arm by
a shot lired by a bandit. The driver
of the car in which the bank [mes
senger was riding was wounded in
the back.
Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea aver
age one for every day in the year.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
DECREASED IN APRIL
Washington, May 16._-America's
foreign trade slumped in April, after
ife ropor>4. accordim* +n r#>
ports issued today by the commerce;
department. Exports for the month 1
aggregated $3<21,000,000 compared |
with $330,000,000 in March and'
imports totalled '$217,000,000'
against $256,000,000 the previous1
month.
Exports during April were the j
lowest for any month of the current
fiscal year and albout $19,000,000
less than the same month a year
ago while imports for April were the
lowest since February when the
total was approximately the same
and were approximately $3,700,000
lees than the same month last year.
For the ten months ended with!
April exports aggregated $3,131,000 j
000 against $5,850,000,000 during1
+V?q / nn'osnnTidintr mnn+Vic nf 1 Q91
while imports for the period were'
$2,095,000,000 against $3,264,000,-j
000 during the ten months ende^
April 1921.
Gold exports for April aggregated
$1,579,000 compared with $384,000
during the same month last year
while imports of gold for the month
aggregated $12,000,000 against $81
000 in April 1921.
Imports of gold for April were
the lowest since February, 19.20
when the total was $4,473.
Gold exports during the ten,
months ended with April aggregated
$22,000,000 compared with $132,
000,000 during the corresponding!
months of 1921 while imports of
gold for the period totalled $446,
000,000 against $537,000,000 during
the ten months ended with April
last year.
Silver exports for April aggregat
ed $5,108,000 compared with $2,
318,000 in April last year while im
ports of silver for th? month were
$4,799,000 against $3,297,000 in
April 1921.
Silver exports during the ten
months period amounted to $51,000
000 compared with $49,000,000 dur-j
ing the corresponding months of
1921 while silver imports aggregated
$59,000,000 against $49,000,000
during the ten months ended April
1921.
MASTER'S SALE
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE
Court of Common Pleas.
R. C. HAGAN, Plaintiff,
a&aiuai/
E. L. BOYD, et al, - - Defendant.
By authority of a Decree of Sale
by the Court of Common Pleas for
Abbeville County, in said State, made
in the above stated case, i will 'offer
for sale, at public outcry, at Abbe
ville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in
June, A. D., 1922, within the legal
hours of sale the following described
land, to wit: All that tract or parcel
of land situate, lying and being in
Abbeville County, in the State afore
said, containing Two Hundred and
m i ... 1 L.ii? / a <i n i / '?
i wenty-seven anu one-nan v?^ -11/
Acres, more or less and being tracts
Nos. 14, 15 and 16 of the Cleveland
lands, known as the Norwood Quar
ter:
Tract No. 1G 48'.i acres more or
less.
Tract No. 14 111 acres more or less
Tract No. 15 G9 acres more or less.
All of which will more fully ap
pear by reference to plat made by
R. B. Cheatham, surveyor September
1G. 1919. which said nlat is recorded
in office of Clerk of Court of Abbe
ville County in plat book?at page?
TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash
balance on a credit of one and two
years, the credit portion to bear in
terest at the rate of eight per cent
(8#) per annum payable annually
and be evidenced by the bond of the
purchaser and secured by a mortgage
of the premises, which shall provide
for ten per cent attorney's fees for
collection, if it becomes necessary to
place in the hands of an attorney to
collect with the option however toj
the purchaser to pay all cash. That j
the purchaser shall pay into the Mas-j
te.r's office five hundred (500) dol-j
lars of said purchase price of said'
lands in one hours time and if ha,
fails to pay so much on said bid that:
the Master do resell premises at the;
end of one hour on the same terms
and condition and at the risk of the'
former purchaser.
Purchaser to pay for papers and
stamps.
THOS. P. THOMSON.
5, 17,3\vk Master A. C., S. C.
MASTER'S SALE
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE
Court of Common Pleas.
CAROLINE W. BRISTOW, Plaintiff,
against
J. D. PHILLIPS and ROBERT J.
HUTCHISON, - - Defendants.
By authority of a Decree of Sale
by the Court of Common Pleas for
Abbeville County, in said State, made
in the above stated case, I will offer
for sale, at public outcry, at Abbe
ville C. H., S. C., on Salesday m
June, A. D., 1922, within the legal
hours of sale the following described!
land, to wit: All that tract or
parcel of land, situate, lying and
being in Magnolia Township, Abbe
ville County, in the State aforesaid,
containing Seventy and five hun
dreatns l /u o-iuu; Acres, more ur |
less, adjoining lands now or former-1
iy belonging to Calhoun Mills, Park
er, J. T. Taylor and the Cotton Hill
plantation, and is the same tract of
land bought from Anderson Real Es
tate and Investment Company by
deed dated 5th January 1920, and is
shown on plat made by W. H. H.
Newell surveyor, November 9, 1916,
as tracts numbered 12, 13 and 15.
TERMS OF SALE?1-3 Cash, the
balance on a credit of one and two
years, the credit portion to bear in
terest at the rate of 8 per cent per
annum, payable annually and to be
evidenced by the bond of purchaser
secured by a mortgage of the prem
ises which shall contain the usual
clauses for fees when collected by an
attorney, with the option, however,
to the purchaser to pay all cash.
That the purchaser at such sale shall'
pay into the Masters office one hour
after such sale, the sum of five hun
dred (500) dollars of said purchase
price of said land and if he fails to
pay so much on said bid the Master
shall resell said premises at the end
of one hour on the same terms and
/ nnditinne and at. the risk of the
former purchaser. Purchaser to pay
for stamps and papers.
THOS. P. THOMSON,
5, 17,3wk Master A. C., S. C.
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SHE HAS BAD TEMPER
New York, May 13.?Peggy Joyce
returning today from France on the
Mauretania, bubbled over with in
dignation when on the trip up the
harbor from Quarantine, she was
shown a Washington dispatch stat
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iivg tnat me mouon picwirc uutaauer
owners of America had banned any
films in which she might he featur
ed, "in the interest of a clean
screen."
"I haven't committed any crime"
asserted the actress, whose name has
been mentioned in dispatches from
Paris in connection with the recent <
suidde there of "Billy" Errazuriz, :
Pay the Butcher and
cost too much to let it
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attache of the Chilean embassy. Th<
Errazuriz family have indignantly
denied reports that the attache die<
because of unrequitted love for th<
actress.
"I think this is outrageous," shi
continued.
Denying that she had been hur
pied out of France because of th<
Chilean suicide she said:
"The French police never came t
see me about the suicide. Th
French people mind their own busi
ness and that is more than I can sa;
about some Americans abroad."
Japan's postage stamps usually in
:line to bird subjects, the osprey be
ng a favorite.
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