The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 26, 1915, Page 7, Image 7
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WHAT EACH COUNTY I
SPEHDSON PUPILS
Barnwell Leads With an Expenditure
of $39.05 for Each
White Child.
CHARLESTON IS SECOND.
PickeiiK, Ijexingtoii, Oconee and
Horry Spend Less Than $IO,
Says lteport.
Columbia Speci;il to Charleston
News and Courier, Oct. 24.?One of
the most interesting tables in the
4 7th annual report of lite state superintendent
of education to bo suhmilr
ted to the general assembly in Jan
uary will show the expenditure per
pupil in the various counties. Since
South Carolina collects no state tax
for schools, this comparison emphasizes
the weakness of the county
as a school tax unit, and discloses
wide disparities among the forty-four
counties.
The three-mill constitutional tax is
levied on all the property of the state.
This fact explains in a measure the
widespread misconception that this
levy is in reality a state lax. In every
county, the proceeds of the three-mill
tax are retained and disbursed within
county lines. Not one dollar collected
from this tax ever conies to the
state treasury. Since the counties
differ widely In property values, in
tax assessment, in corporation
wealth, in area and in population, the
amount collected from tho three-mill
tax varies accordingly. The Constitution
of 1895 restricts the disbursement
of the proceeds of tills tax
among the schools so as to further
accentuate these county disparities in
educational expenditures.
In rich counties, the three-mill tax
raises the bulk of the school fund. In
the poorer counties, collesctlons from
the three-mill tax are now largely
supplied by local levies in the various
school districts.
LOCAL TAXATION ESSENTIAL.
During the session 1914-15, twenty-nine
counties raised more by local
taxation than by tho three-mill constitutional
tax. For the state as a
whole, special school district levies
yielded nearly $40,000 more for current
expenses than was raised by the
three-mill tax. tu spite 01 insi year depression,
238 districts either increased
their school tax or voted on
such a levy In order to make needed
improvements. This widespread
growth in public school sentiment and
public school support is clearly seer
In the gradual increase of publh
school funds from year to year.
In the amount spent per pupil
Barnwell leads with $39.05 for eacli
white child. Since this record was
held by Barnwell for 1913-14, Su
'* perintendent H. J. Crouch and hit
co-oworkers are helping to establisl
t^new standard for the state. Char
leston ranks second with $30.95, ant
Darlington third with $30.08. Thli
fine showing for Darlington is due t<
the fact that every district now leviei
and collects a local tax. The show
ing lor uorcnesier ami union cuuu
ties also ranks them higher thai
many of their wealthy neighbors, be
cause every district in these t vo ciun
ties has voted a school lax. One o
tho most gratifying features of tin
progress of last year was the Huceesi
of Superintendent P. A. Home o
Chesterfield, in securing a local tax ir
every district In his county. Chester
field thus becomes the fourth count:
in ,the state to votp unlforittly am
Universally for'better schools and in
creased Bchool taxation.
' COUNTIES ABOVE AVERAGE.
In twenty-four counties, the pe
capita expenditure per pupil wa
above the state average of 916.22
This is due to the heavy predomi
nance of white population In man
sections. In only four counties wa
tho expenditure per pupil below $1
?Pickens, Lexington, Oconee an
Horry. Educational enthusiasm i
rapidly spreading in these four cour
t>s, giving promise of marked lir
provemcnt in the next twelve monthi
It fa interesting to note that iu enc
them the white enrolment
^ eds 5,000 and that tax valuation 1
^or ;tegrf?^ schools, Chariest o
laads with an 'expenditure of $7.It
flWuda stands'. 411 h, spending
I ;n It m u-r.) pjipil ^
^5Tho*'nrt|rivt av?*rat$e for the'-wtnj
Tlh H-t&i thijngh sixteen coumi^
f n_
tv?l1s ?>f Matte ?nt1 < iifed ?>v I'Jut
#4tave von war ?rott thrmffpi
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sSjjt! How von OTunert w cle vou
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n w i iw "fir? in ?- ? ?* . ii v !?-* i ?| m ill
n"?l mys'?~lo?<? qoaHtU**; Yob, Di
HMI'k Pino Tnrr-rtf)Ti<iv po^ioMthose
slIifln'ntlnK qnnfliU'S anil ovoi
oouvh bnrk'pr ooiurhs. The tnnt
Mn'nR of the throat i?? stmnqf hono<l I
nt!acl< nealn'd oold kcruin. Ever
ly, a Oftttio Cunatautly ?
haud. 23 <s r *>? %
were above the average. These figures
indicate uniform growth in
many counties.
FUNDS AND TOTAL POPULATION.
It is interesting to note the expenditures
for both races. These figures
represent the actual school fund of
the county in relation to the work
that must be accomplished for both
whites and negroes. |
On Ml S a hociu Phu rlncinn lon/'e
with an outlay of $16.47 per child,
Richland stands second with $15.57,
and Darlington third with $14.59.
Roth Charleston and Richland collect
comparatively small amounts
from local taxation, because the two
largest cities of the state are within
their boundaries.
The state average for both races
was $8.84. Fourteen counties exceed
this average, while Berkeley stands
forty-fourth, with an outlay of $4.7 1.
The large white counties of Spartanburg,
(R"eenvi11e and Anderson
also indicate striking contrast and
conditions. The policy of state appropriations
for the public schools is
gradually correcting and equalizing
those disparities. Rut the figures in
\He the careful study -and best
thought of the advocates of public
education who believe in equal advantages
for all the children.
The figures in detail follow:
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURES ACCORDING
TO ENROLMENT.
County - White.Rank. Nog. Rank.
Abbeville ...$13.77 2*1 $1.36 27
Aiken 13.96 28 2.18 11
Anderson ... 12.06 23 2.11 12
Hani berg .... 23.15 13 1.52 21
Barnwell .... 39.05 1 1.40 26
Beaufort .... 26.96 8 3.77 2
Berkeley .... 12.33 32 1.43 25
Calhoun .... 27.89 5 1.17 36
Charleston . . 30.95 2 7.14 1
Cherokee. .. 10.13 40 2.27 7
Chester 20.24 16 1.35 28
Chesterfield 15.28 26 2.50 5
Clarendon... 18.11 18 1.31 30
Colleton .... 10.28 38 1.11 10
Darlington .. 30.08 3 2.00 15
Dillon 22.50 14 1.79 17!
Dorchester .. 19.23 17 1.94 16 j
Edgefield ... 27.26 6 1.10 41
Eairfield .... 24.73 10 1.06 43
Florence .... 24.28 11 2.21 9
ucuiKBiunn , Z1.U.1 12 2.54 4
Greenville ... 10.16 .10 2.40 6
Greenwood . . 15.80 25 2.20 10
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THE LANCASTER NKWi
Hampton.... 13.28 30 1.07 42
Horry 8.80 44 1.20 35
Jasper 22.0f> 15 1.70 18
Kershaw .... 12.97 31 1.45 24
Lancaster ... 10.55 35 1.14 38
Laurens 17.60 22 1.47 22
Uee 27.06 7 1.13 39
Lexington .... 9.62 42 1.27 32
Marlon 14.82 27 2.01 14
Marlboro. .. 17.80 20 1.22 33
Newberry ... 18.02 19 1.32 29
Oconee 8.96 43 1.50 22
Orangeburg . 17.73 21 1.29 31
Pickens 9.64 41 2.25 8
Richland .... 28.89 4 3 34 3
Saluda 10.44 37 1.04 44
Spartanburg. . 10.52 36 2 09 13
Sumter 26.53 9 1.57 20
Union 11.76 34 1.69 19
Williamsburg. 17.43 23 1 16 37
York 17.43 24 1.22 34
State $10.22 $1.93
llorrowcd Sunshine.
/.ion's Advocate.
"Vou don't got much sunshine in
here, do you?" said a gentle old l.?dy
as we entereil the elevator at the
hack ot' tlie big department store.
"Only what folks like you bring in
ma'am," answered the elevator mar
with institutive courtesy. "Some
folks carry enough sunshine 'route
with 'em to light others tip a bit."
How many people. I thought as 1
stepped out a moment later, are ele
pendent on others for all the sun
shine they get in their lives, and how
few of us carry enough extra sun
shine around with us to lighten evet
one dark corner! For all the cliee:
the passing stranger gets from us \v<
might as well cover our faces witl
.nun. n iiji. us smiic and loot
happy as we go about t'ae streets ant
into the stores on errands. Mayb
we're intrusted with only rays o
sunshine that some people will se
all day long.
Let us smile and look happy as w
go about our work, too, in school o
ofllee or home. Work thrives beat ii
the sunshine, just as plants do, am
maybe our smiles will make our fel
low workers happier in their tasks
certainly our own will go better.
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ickly relieve Pain, but
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