Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 26, 1920, Image 3
School System Table.
New York, May 23.-The state o
Montana has the, best all round put
lie School system in the Unite
States, according to the results of
comparative study of state schoc
signs systems made public today b
the Russell Sage foundation. The re
port assigns second place to th
schools of California, third place t
those of Arizona, fourth to New Jet
sey and fifth to the state of Wash
ington.
The findings are contained in ;
report by the department of educa
tion of the foundation. The volunv
entitled "An Index Number for Stati
School System" and the author is Dr
Leonard P. Ayres, director of thi
foundation's department of educa
tion.
More Efficiency.
Other findings of the report ar<
that the school system of the Unitec
States as a whole has doubled in effi
ciency during the last 50 years, hav
ing an index number or rating of 26
in 1870 and one of 52 at the presenl
time. Since these index numbers are
figured on the basis of 100, th?
school system of the country has now
ah effectiveness or efficiency of onlj
52 per cent., according to the report.
The figures for the individual
states as given by the foundation
show that during the past 30 years
the West has been coming, up educa
tionally, while the East has b?en go
ing down. During this time the great
est increase among all the states has
been made by Utah while nhe state
to which is attributed the greatest
falling off in relative standing is
Maryland. In all the East the only
state that has gained instead of los
ing is New Jersey. In the West the
state that has the best and most con
sisently high record is California.
Among the interesting results of
the study is the conclusion that the
school systems of the United States'
territorial possessions, such as Ha
waii, the Canal Zone and Puerto
Rico, have higher ratings than those
of many of the 48 states. That of
Hawaii is reported better than those
of the majority of the American
states.
The foundation's educational meas
urement is worked out by taking the
official data showing the number of
children attending school, amount
of training they secure, the progress
they make, the amounts expended
for buildings and supplies, the sala
ries paid their teachers and other
similar items, and combining these
factors into a single index
number which shows the general
standing or efficiency of the school
system. This method resembles that
used by the federal government in
indexing the cost of living and prices
for commodities.
The foundation states thai; all the
results are computed from data fur
nished by the states themselves to
the federal government and that the
records have been compiled and com
bined by exactly the same method
for all the different states and with
out admitting into the results any
elements of personal judgment. The
author of the report served during
the war as chief statistical officer of
the army.
Standing of States.
The standing of the 48 states, the
District of Columbia and the three
territorial possessions is shown in the
following table.
Montana, 75. 8; California, 71.2;
Arizona^ 66.2; New Jersey, 65,3;
District jof Columbia, 64.3; Washing
ton, 63.7; Iowa, 61.9; Utah, 61.4;
Massachusetts, 61.0; Michigan, 60.1;
Connecticut, 59.8; Ohio, 59.7; New
York, 59.4; Colorado, 59.2; North
Dakota, 51.9; Nevada, 59.0; Indiana,
58.9; Idaho, 58.6; Minnesota, 58.4;
Oregon, 57.8; Pennsylvania, 57.7;
Nebraska, 57.1; Hawaii, 57.0; Illi
nois, 56.8; Wyoming, 56.7; Rhode
Island, 56.3; Kansas, 55.2; Canal
Zone, 55.1; South Dakota, 55.0; New
Hampshire, 54.4; New Mexico, 53.0;
Vermont, 51.5; Wisconsin, 51.3; Mis
souri, 49.6; Maine, 47.4; Oklahoma,
44.4; Maryland 43.2; Delaware, 42.3
Texas, 41.1; Florida, 37.8; West Vir
ginia, 37.7; Puerto Rico, 35.8; Vir
ginia, 35.3; Tennessee, 35.1; Ken
tucky, 35.0; Louisiana, 33.9; Geor
gia, 32. 6; North Carolina, 30.6; Ala
bama, 30.6; Arkansas, 30.3; Missis
sippi, 30.0; South Carolina, 29.4.
In addition figures are given to
show the relative standing of the
school systems of the state and pos
sessions in 1890, 1900, 1910, 1916
and 1918. These indicate that Cali
fornia has always been at or near the
1 top of the list, while the two Caro
linas have in every case been at or
near the bottom. Every New Eng
land state is shown by the figures to
T>e losing ground, while every state
' in the far West has gained in relative
rank during the period. In the educa
tional race Iowa has far outstripped
Illinois, while North Dakota has gone
repidly forward. Nebraska is report
ed having gone forward and Kansas
t
years.
The most notable educational
change that has taken place during
the fifty years covered by the report
is in the attendance in high schools
There are now 100 times as many pu
pils enrolled in high schools as there
were in 1870. The number then was
19,000 and now it is nearly 2,000,
000. The high school attendance has
increased with great rapidity, but the
new pupils have been mostly girls.
In the matter of teachers' salaries,
! the state shows most diversified prac
tices. The lowest average salary is
$25 per month for the state of North
Carolina, while the highest is $88 in
California, both being based on a
year of twelve months.
$125,000,000 Loan to Rail
ways Approved by Traffic
Board.
Washington, May 21,-A loan of
at least $125,000,000, out of the
$300,000,000 revolving fund to en
able railroads to purchase equip
ment required to meet transportation
needs of the public was approved by
the interstate commerce commission.
Other recommendations for the
disbursement of the revolving fund
provided in the transportation act
were as follows:
"Temporary reserve for claims
and judgments, $40,000,000: appro
priation for short-line railroads, $12
000,000; temporary reserve for ma
turities, $50,000,000: appropriations
for additions and betterments which
will promote the movement of cars.
$73,000,000."
New equipment required by rail
roads to meet minimum needs is es
timated by the interstate commerce
commission at 2,000 locomotives and
100,000 freight cars, including 20,
000 refrigerator cars.
"It is evident," the commission
statment said, "that the equipment
required properly to meet the trans
portation needs of the public cannot
be secured unless the carriers them
selves assume the burden of financ
ing the remaining 75 per cent."
Since the distribution of the re
volving fund by co-operative action
with the railroads have proven im
practicable, the commission said allo
cation of the $125,000,000 for equip
ment would be made according to
the percentage which the standard
return of a company bears to the to
tal standard return of all the rail
roads. In referring to the opposition
to this plan by the national associa
tion of owners of railroad securities
the commission remarked that "few
applicants seem to appreciate the ne
cessity that the carrier assume a part
of the burden and so use the amount
advanced by the government, as the
basis of car trusts is to obtain the
greatest benefit from federal aid."
He?rings to consider applications
for loans, will be held here May 29th
and the commission asked that appli
cations embody in detail the state
ments of the transportation needs
which the carrier would be unable to
meet and what service for the public
could not be performed if the loan
asked was not granted, statements of
security offered and the earning
power of the applicants.
Back to the Farm, Urges Gov.
Cooper.
Washington, May 21.- (Chroni
cle Bureau, U. S. Capital.)-Gov- R.
A. Cooper, of South Carolina, made
a forcible and telling address here to
day before the conference of educa
tors in session at the call of P. P.
Claxton, United States commissioner
of Education.
The South Carolina governor took
as his keynote educating the people
to go back to the farms from the cit
ies, stressing the point that while the
man on the farm is a producer the
man in the city can be little else but
a consumer.
The will of the people, the same
thing that caused the American forc
es to break the Hindenburg line, he
said, is the thing that will educate
these same people to become pro
ducers rather than consumers and
which will cause the pendulum to
swing back to its proper place, he
said.
Gov. Cooper's address brought out
unstinted applause, and was espe
cially appreciated by the large num
Iber of ladies in the audience.'
Periodic Billious Attacks.
Persons subject to bilious attacks
at regular intervals know about when
to expect an attack. They find that
they have no desire for food when
an attack is due but usually eat be
cause it is meal time. Skip one meal
and take three of Chamberlain's
Tablets and you may be able to avoid
the attack. Persons subject to period
ic bilious attacks should not drink
tea or coffee at any time.
Or, King's Hew Bisovan
KILLS THE COUGH. CITES THE LUNGS.
T". Prices: -1
New York, M?y 21-Influenced by
the nation-wide price cutting agita
tion that is steadily gaining ground,
the principal commodity markets of
the country today continued to
"mark down" quoted values. Cotton,
sugar and corn options broke violent
ly here and in Chicago and cereals
and provisions, including pork, also
suffered sharp reactions. Signifi-.
canee was attached to the drop in the
pork prices as marking the first pro
nounced break in high priced food
stuffs.
The stock exchange showed im
provement on a sharp recovery of
liberty bonds and victory notes.
A large part of today's liquidation
in cotton and grains was attributed
to the further scaling down of credits
by banking institutions here and in
other reserve centres, evidently in
conformity with the request of the
federal reserve board.
In the local cotton market May
contracts broke almost 400 points,
with equally sharp reactions in New
Orleans. The Liverpool market also
reported substantial reactions.
Domestic and foreign metal mark
ets quoted lower prices for spot and
future deliveries, silver proving the
only exception at a slight rise in Lon
don. Little business was done here in
copper for immediate delivery.
Banks in the uptown or wholesale
dry goods district reported additional
loan contraction and most of the re
tail shops advertised "cuts" of 25 to
40 per cent in women's wearing ap
parel.
Dealings in liberty bonds and vic
tory notes failed to reach the huge
totals of the two preceding days, but
most of the business was on an as
cending scale. Practically all the lib
erty issues closed at the day's maxi
mum quotations, gains extending
from 1 per cent to 304 per cent. The
fourth 4 %s scoring the greatest ad
vance.
NOTICE!
STATE OF SOUTHjCAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD.
Whereas, a petition has been-filed
and all legal requirements having
been met, it is hereby ordered that
the regularly appointed Board of
Trustees of Edgefield School District
No. 25, do hold an election in the
Court House Friday, June ll,
1920, for the purpose of voting upon
the question of levying and collect
ing an additional special tax of two
(2) mills on the dollar of all taxable
property within said district, pro
ceeds of such an additional levy to be
used for school purposes in Edgefield
District No. 25.
At this election only such resident
electors as are entitled to vote in Gen
eral Elections shall be-?ilawed to
vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock
a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m. and
in all respects comply with Sec. 1742,
Gen. School Law of South Carolina.
W. W. FULLER
E. H. FOLK
G. F. LONG.
Co. Board Education.
Edgefield, S. C.
May 25, 1920.
SUBSTITUTE
ECONOMY
for waste by building of concrete
made with
LEHIGH
THE NATIONAL CEMENT
For sale by
M. A. TAYLOR
Registered Duroc
Pigs
I have for sale registered Duroc
male pigs sired by Prince Orion, Jr.,
the Champion at Columbia in 1919,
and Imperator Fashion, the second
prize boar at Augusta-a one thou
sand pound board.
Registration papers furnished with
pigs.
W. E. B. TOMPKINS.
OR.K?NG'S NEH 2I?S t?VEKI
Wlil Surely Sioo Thal Couois
A Dealer Opportu:
Edgefield county is still op
FOUR in this territory. Will
men are now seeing that the
and a profitable business, the 1
by leaps and boands. Large c
prised at how little money wi
centage of profit is good on th?
faster than in any other meres
WRITE AT ONCE
DAVIS ]
1903 Main Street
NOTICE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD:
Whereas a petition has been filed
and all legal requirements met, it is
hereby ordered that the regularly ap
pointed Board of Trustees of Tal
bert School District No. 17 do hold
an election at the Morgan School
house Saturday, June 5, 1920, for
the purpose of voting upon the ques
tion of levying and collecting an ad
ditional special tax of six (6) mills
on the dollar of all taxable property
within said district, proceeds of such
additional levy to be used for school
purposes in Talbert School District
No. 17. At this el?ction only such
electors as are qualified to vote in
'General Elections shall be allowed to
vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock
a. m., and close at 4 p. m., and in all
respects comply with Sec. 1742 Gen.
School Law of South Carolina.
W, W. FULLER,
E. H. FOLK,
G. F. LONG.
Co. Board of Education.
Edgefield, S. C.
5-1912t
F0R~SALE
At my farm 3 miles south of
Edgefield C. H., two fine mares, four j
fine mule colts ready to go to work;
1 medium sized good, sound work
mule in fine fix 12 years old for
$125.00; some nice Jersey cows, pure
breds, but not registered, soon to
come in fresh; nice fodder, 5 cents
a bundle, limited supply; bright
sound speckle and mixed peas for
S5.50 per bushel; 1918 model Buick
touring car in good condition, will
sell reasonable or trade for lumber
delivered to Edgefield or trade for
land or lots anywhere in Edgefield
or elsewhere; six nice farms from 75
to 500 acres, two to 4 miles from
Edgefield C. H., with one good 3
room tenant house and porch; four
with 4-room houses, 2 porches and
halls; one with 11-room house, 100
foot piazza on 3 sides, all other nec
essary out buildings, fine water and
pastures. Lands will make any crop
that grows in South. Will sell rea
sonable, cash or credit with approved
security, small interest. All can be
seen at my farm 3 miles south of
Edgefield C. H. Come to see them.
J. M. MAYS.
Building and Contracting.
I desire to notify the people of
Edgefield that I have located here
and will be glad to assist them in
drawing plans, will make estimates
on work and make contracts for all
kinds of building, remodeling and re
pairing. See me before letting a con
tract for your work. It is probable
that I can save you money.
T. R. SKINNER.
What Motor Company is it besides
the Ford Motor Company that keeps
over 100,000 orders ahead for cars
all the time?
YONCE & MOONEY.
nity in Edgefield County
en. We need some one to sell the BF LL
you be the dealer? Foresighted business
automobile business PAYS. A pleasant
largest industry in the vrorld and growing
apital is not necessary. You will be, sur
II start you as a successful dealer. Per
e BELL FOUR, and you turn your money
intile venture' Risk is small.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS
"BELL"
FOUR
$1,395
DAVIS SIX-$2,185. This
valuable dealership also open
here.
MOTOR COMPANY, Inc
Phone 1226
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Cotton Seed, Iron and Iee
I am Paying the HIGHEST
Market Price for Cotton Seed
Fortyjand Fifty Cents Per Hundred for
Scrap Iron
Good, Pure Distilled Water Ice Cheap
Will run two auto trucks and can
deliver on short notice
Phone 97
and
Phone 21
M. A. Taylor
THE FARMERS BANK
OF EDGEFIELD, S. C.
Capital and Surplus Profits
Total Resources Over - -
- $135,000.00
. $800,000.00
SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE
OFFER TO THE PUBLIC
Open vour account with us for the year 1920. Invest your
savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates [of
Deposit.
Lock boxes for rent ia which to keep your valuable pa
pers, eto.
All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully
handled. We Solicit Your Business.
BRING ME YOUR
Golton Seed
1 am in the market for cotton seed. Bring
me your remnants of seed after you have
finished planting. Do not allow them to
lay around the place and get wasted.
I will pay the highest market price.
At my same old stand. '
A. M. Timmerman