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The Press and Banner. 1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by i The Press and Banner Co. 1 WM. P. GREENE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1916. | A TIME-SERVING POLITICIAN." A dispatch from Lincoln, Nebraska, the home of the repudiated windmill of the democratic party contains the following: "William Jennings Bryan in a signed article published today declared that the democratic party "must move toward peace" and thereby capture the "peace" element of the republican party. He said the democrats must face the fact that the united republican party will enter the campaign with a popular majority of a million and three hundred thousond vntas Hp sniH t.hp vofor Hen ry Ford in several states showed a big peace element in the republican party. Mr. Bryan said the way was open for President Wilson to conciliate this element by making a race as a peace maker." And William Jennings Bryan was , ever a time serving politician. Everybody should want peace, and we presume that every democrat wants victory at the polls, but victory will not be won by a setting of the political weather-vanes so as to catch the popular breezes. When the democratic party shall make a fight on principles-and not adopt this issue to get a few republican votes, and the other issue to secure a few populists votes, it will stand a better chance of winning and keeping the respect of the people of the United States. And above all things else it should give William Jennings back to the populists. The democrats did not face a pop- . ular majority of a million and a third voters when Cleveland was twice elected president of the United States. The republican party has acquired this plurality by reason of the decadence of the democratic party under the leadership of Bryan and his political followers. . ( A MAD DOG. ] < The city council should take steps ( to get rid of worthless dogs which ] run about the streets at all times of ] day and night. It is from these \ dogs that we have the so-called mad dogs which scare people to death at 3 about this season of the year. j The city council has heretofore 3 adopted the muzzle law as a preventive of the ills which come from mad dogs, but this law has never proved < of much value for the reason that dogs cannot be kept muzzled, and it is besides an unnecessary punish *" ? ?-fn-w tV>o sins of i? meni on guuu uugo ? the bad element. We believe that a license tag law would be be'tter. Every man should be required to secure from the city treasurer when he pays his dog tax a lincense number, which should be worn by the dogs on a collar. Any dog appearing on the streets with. out his number should be arrested | and locked up, and if not reclaimed Within three days he should be shot. We believe that this will solve the dog trouble in Abbeville and at every other place. A dog which is well fed and well cared for has nothing to go mad about, and unless he is bitten by a worthless "vagrant" on | the streets of his home city he is not likely to suffer from hydrophobia. STATE AID TO SCHOOLS. The following is taken from The Herald and News, of Newberry: "Greenville county has fifty eight schools that receive State aid. Of these, fifty six are rural graded schools. The total amount of State aid going to Greenville county is $14,000. Newberry gets aid fo seven schools, a total of $895.00. Until three years ago Newberry got State feid onlv for two high schools and the Jttle amount for building purposes, fhree years ago six rural graded Schools were established. The four frill tax has been voted in several other districts but the requirements for the rural graded school have been met in only two or three other schools. We should have several more rural graded schools. In some of the districts the children are lacking." Newberry is not alone in helping to >pay for the education of the children Of other counties. The county of Abbeville we believe is receiving the sum of $35.00 from the state appropriation of $120,000 for needy rural schools and for extension of school terms. This means that the people s of Abbeville county are being taxed * and their moneys appropriated by + the legislature for the education of g the children of other counties. Besides this appropriation, we have an s appropriation for high schools, s which is on the increase. A total ^ of $286,500 was appropriated by the o ??????? egislature of 1915, our proportion oi tvhich we are taxed to pay, and il any of it is returned to the people oi Abbeville County it is to communi ties amply able to run their owr schools, if they were willing to paj a local tax such as we pay. The city of Abbeville pays a threi mill constitutional tax for publi< schools, and our money goes into j a jackpot, which is divided out amonj the school districts of the county ac cording to enrollment. On the Sa vannah side of the county a hundre< negroes may be enrolled on ten day attendance, and thus the money o this district is transferred from th funds available for the education o our own children to the education o the children of other districts. We have no objection to the child ren of other districts and other coun ties receiving an education and a] the education which their own peopl are willing to pay for. But in th matter of taxation we believe tha every community, as far as possible should carry its own burdens. Fo that reason we are opposed to pay ing a si:: mills special tax for schoc purposes in this district, in additioi to the three mill tax above referre to, and to having the latter takei from us and given to districts whicl ' 1 1 All do not pay a iucm UIA equal w vm own. And we believe it is time fo the members of the legislature fror Abbeville county to quit appropriat ing our money for the establishmen and support of rural graded schools and high schols, and other schools in other counties and towns. W believe that these people should sup port their own schools, just as we do i COVERING THE COUNTRY. Last week Governor Manning ad dressed the voters of Red Hill, Edge field County, S. C. On last Sunda: the Governor spoke to the Swee Water Baptists, of Aiken County Other prominent men present on thi latter occasion were, Orlando Shep pard, B. E. Nicholson and J. L. Mims of Edgefield. The Governro, lik< the dew, is covering the country. AN EDITOR IN A JITNEY. Col. E. C. Hotron, who edits th< esteemed Abbeville Medium, and wh< runs "Cousin John" for Congresi every two years, has added anothei enterprise to the list of his activities He is now running a jitney, as wil be seen by reading the followinj notice in his paper of yesterday: "I am going to Antreville tomor row, Wednesday, and will take foui passengers in my Ford, at a very lov rate. E. C. Horton." Brother Horton is for Manning. ?65,560 WORTH OF OVERLANDS MAKE RECORD BOAT SHIPMENT Sixty-five thousand five hundrec md sixty dollars worth of automoriles were shipped by water last Satlrday by The Willys-Overland Company to Cleveland on the steamei Dity of Buffalo, establishing a new ecord for automobile shipmsnts. The Willys-Overland, Inc., of Cleveland, uncertain as to whether il vould receive its spring shipments of :ars in proper time, owing to a shortige of freight cars, decided to take ;he bull by the horns. To get prompt lelivery the City of Buffalo, second argest fresh water passenger car ier, was chartered for the trip. The City of Buffalo left Cleveland ' J TnlpHc Friday evening: aim imwv. Saturday morning at 10 a. m. At 6 i. m., a parade of Overlands began ;o put forth from the Willys-Overand plant, which wended its way to he White Star Liner dock. At 10:30 he City of Buffalo moved forward to he dock and the cars, were run on joard. Less than two hours later he City of Buffalo was steaming lown the river with its valauble :argo. The boat reached Cleveland that ivening and was met by a -hundred lrivers who at once took the cars to ;he Overland sales rooms. In the shipment were 45 Model nt.,n K MnHel 83 iiJIS'S, 40 mouei i v o, u ? Roadsters, 2 Model 83 Delivery Spe:ials, and one Model 86 Clover-leaf >ne Model 84 Coupe1 and one Model J4 Roadster. The shipment was in charge of jouis Schmidt, sales manager of the Cleveland branch. If You Are Well Bred. You will be kind. You will not use slang. You will try to make others happy. You will never indulge in ill-naturid gossip. \ou will never forget the respect iue to old age. You will not swagger and boost of rour achievements. You will not measure your civility )y people's bank account. \ou will be scrupulous in your re jard for the rights of others. You will not forget engagements, )romises or obligations of any kind. You will never make fun of the jeculiarities of idiosyncrasies of othsrs. You will never under any circumtances cause another pain if you can telp it. You will not think that "good inentions" compensate for rude or ;ruff manners. You will be as agreeable to your oc 4 r\ imnr orrnolc Qnrl ULiai UllCUUlO c*o V/vy jrwui M*?M uperiors. You will never remind a cripple of lis deformity or probe the sore spots f a sensitive soul. LONG CANE. J fi Mr. and Mrs. Julius Sutherland of I m ' Antreville, spent a few days of last [ ? i week with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. King. * J j Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler and lit- ? i tie ones of Lowndesville, spent the J week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L. F. 1 5 Finley. J ] J Mrs. Arthur Erwin and children, | i of Eethia, spent a lew aays 01 last , week with Miss Eppie Beauford. 1 Mr. Shelton Beauford spent a few 1 f days of last week in Bethia with f J * friends and relatives. ! J i Mrs. W. D. Beauford and daugh- I s ters, Misses lone and Viola, spent J I f the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L. F. 1 1 Finley. I j e Mr. and Mrs. Luther Clamp spent J f Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Long, i | f Mr. and Mrs. Bob King and child- 1 ren, spent the week-end with Mr. and | f Mrs. W. T. King. r ] Mrs. Ermie Haddon and son, Mr. 1 - R. B. Haddon, was shopping in the | ! il city Thursday. 7 1 e Mr. W. D. Beauford and daughter, ? | Miss Clara, spent the week-end in I Bethia with Mr. L. 0. Beauford, who [ * had the misfortune of getting pretty * J S badly hurt with a planing machine, 1 i r but they report that he was getting [ .. along nicely. f J , Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stewart and 1 children, spent Thursday in Cold | n Spring, community with Mr. and Mrs ? 1 d John Stone. | n Mr. Tom Able was a visitor to the J [j city Saturday. J ? Mrs. L. F. Finley and children, and ( r Mrs. Arthur Erwin and children, and [ ] r Miss Eppie Beauford spent Thurs- ] - J?. A?tAn<nn> wifV* Mr onrl Mrs. W. T). [ [1 utiy CVCU1115 n*w4* * ** ? ? ? - - - Beauford. . ftj . Mr. Eddie Keller spent the week- "fl end with Mrs. Emma Haddon. ') Misses, Linnie and Allie Beauford f 2 i, were shopping in the city Monday. 1 e Nancy. | f ( Woman's Alphabet. [ I will be? r J Amiable always. 1 Beautiful as possible. [ Charitable to everybody. r J Dutiful to myself. ! 1 Earnest in the right thing. I f Friendly in disposition. ff 1 - Generous to all need. . 1 . Hopeful in spite of everything. I Intelligent, but not pedantic. [ I Joyful as a bird. p J ? Kind even in thought J 1 Long suffering with the stupid. | Merry for the sake of others. p 3 ' Necessary to a few. 1 * Optimistic though the skies fall. | Prudent in my pleasures. ? 3 Quixotic rather than hard. _ J Ready to own up. I Self-respecting to the right limit. ? I True to my best. \ 1 Unselfish short of martyrdom. L * > Valiant for the absent. [ 3 Willing to believe the best. p j Xemplary in conduct. "fi r Young and fresh in heart. | Zealous to make the best of life, f J ' J; C Si-? : service = I j I11 keeping with our 1 time-honored policy of ! 1 real service to the popu- * ] l lace of Abbeville town r 2 ; and county, we herein [ 1 ; announce another step { r forward, in that, begin- [ : l ning next week, we will E j ; use this space regularly { 1 ' to discuss the different ! 1 departments of this j 1 drug store, which you }{2 will, in time, realize to jv be of great service to nj ' you. There are many u| things in our store that U| you want and really K need that you've either ffi forgotten or never tn heard of. Therefore, ffi we will publish these jn ; little reminders each S ( wccn. JJ\jyy kju. AUI rpg the benefit of the pub- W Otherwise our service Hi is as complete as is pos- K sible for us to make it. |n Every department from . S our modern soda fount nl to the prescription ffl counter, is replenished S regularly with the &! world's highest class S wares, usually found in Mi any up-to-date drug -Eh W! felUif. Ml Although our store is S usually crowded, our r3 force of trained clerks Qj serve you as promptly 3| as if you were the only u! one in the store. U. MAMIIDDAY 111! ivivivi wibiin bh i DRUG CO. 11 ?E R Ctwm^civi H?7 IMfcn < Parkpi TLrajzjznLrnjurEizfEJHjrnjiirzjsj . Store Neu SOME SPEC New Shirt Wa Parasols. Fans from 15c White, Black a Boys Hats, Clc Just a few Coal tra Special price i | We get new Ha you see ours. Palm Beach Su i Mrs. Jas I "The Store of Style HBBBBBBgBSBBi 'IT" ?Is one of important look at it-j pie see you the other. < | Our Clot f They wil Chancces z you bettei thino* the ^*117 make you. More St: Quality-lo These are other adv find here. "Clothe Schloss-Bi ^ Styleplr & R BBBBBBBfiggaiM f rs for the IIALSFOR THIS WI ists, New Wash Skirt to $1.50. nd Fancy Silk Hose. )th and Straw, b Suits left. They must .VA VilV V/WK^XA,-. MILLINERY ,ts every week. Don't its For the Hot Weathi . s. c< I i-v - 1 1 A 5 J A I ana yuaniy di ?1 i! r i . |il 1 those things i J anyway you Ij ;j many peo- 11 tone way as K 18 m 1 fit you. . ? 4 ire they'll fit [ i r than any- j j tailor could I pie?Better I! wer prices;- , 11 : a few of the j! antages you IJ I j . 11.. !S that fit" j I altimore and ij . as Quality. [ J > !; I j eese |i !: i ifitemmaniiuaniB mmmmsammmammttammsg ' ' * : ' 'I Ladies HEK. s, Fancy ? I t ; go. Exbuy until CI. ichran )beville, S. C. =? I