The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-04-25
MONDAY, APRIL rs, 1921
LEI US HAVE THE SCHOOL.

. Those interested in the new high
school building have commenced Sc
:. curing signatures to a:pettion tor ap
-. election on the question Of issuing
:. bonds to the amount of. one hundred
thousand dollars for the purpose
state. Within few days il is bellev-
: ed the necessary number Of freehold
ers and Of electors will have signed
the petition.
when this. is done and a survey OF
, the district is. made and the plat MED
=; as the law requires, the trustees Of
the school district will order an cleo
ton. ~: ~. :.
lit has been suggested that a good
many people will not be permitted
to vote in this election because they
will not have a chance to registed.
This is a mistake. The election will
not be ordered until after the first
Of June, and, therefore, those who
desire to vote and who have not Sc
cured registration certificates will
have q chance to register when the
;, books are opened on the proper day
in May.
And in view OF the fact that the
matter of schools is one in which
both the fathers and mothers of the
children of the school district are in
terested it is important that the reg
~istration books be thus opened. We
do not believe in snap judgment in
any case, and certainly not in a case
of this kind. Few women have regis
tered and are prepared to vote. With
out discussing the wisdom Of the
new law which gives them the right
to vote, it may safely be said that if
there is an election in which they
should take part it is an election ap-
pertaining to the welfare of our
schools. Perhaps the women are more
interested, or. exhibit more intelli-
gent interest in school matters than
do the men. Let them prepare, there
fore, to vote on this important mat
ter. Every woman in the school dis
trict who has the matter Of better
schools in Abbeville at heart should
prepare herself to- cast a ballot for
the bond issue. Every man who is
interested in the matter should reg
lister and be prepared to vote if he
has not already done 50.
As we said in our last issue the To-
cation of the school is a matter Of
minor Importance. Considered alone
from a selfish standpoint we think
that any voter makes a mistake to
want the school located on the street
on which he lives. We do not think
it makes his property any more val
liable, and certainly there are incon-
veniences attendant upon having a
school building too Close to ones res
idence and upon the street where one
'dwells. 70. /
The matter of location is one
which will properly be settled after.
the election is held, because until
the bonds are authorized the. board
of. trustees have no, money out Of
which the purchase price Of a lot may"
be paid. They must as busienss men
await the issue of the election. ~
But when the election is held it is
to be presumed that the members Of
the board of trustees will give due
consideration to all proposed lota-
tons. We do not care where the
school is located. A person who votes
against the bond issue because the
school will not be at a particular To-
cation, in u mind, takes but a mar
=: .
row view Of the demands of the time
for better schools. Every pupil -
beville old enough to - " Az
scboo, c,ssses -srend the high
Of wb;cbo. LAY attend the school
r -sver location is selected.
therefore, let US not get up any
feeling about these matters. When
the bonds have been authorized, the
board of trustees should locate the
school, giving due consideration to
the advantages of the several loca-
tions offered, including of course the
matter of price, amount of lands OBJ