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Large Per Cent Now in School. k J. E. Swearingen. state superin tendent of education, has prepared a statement in which he sets forth and interprets' some figures taken in South Carolina in 19.20. He shows "tha't more than 62 per cent of the people of school age attend school, being a net gain of 14 per cent dur ing the .past ten years, which is the best record for any of the 48 states. Other figures of Interest are drawn Jfrom the census by Mr. Swearingen. Sis statement follows: ., According to the census of 1920 South Carolina outranks 14 states in the percentage of her population be tween 5 and 20 years of age attend ing school. The number of the state's inhabitants between 5 and 20 years of age when the census was taken in january, 1920, was 675,152. The number attending school in this group was 423,740, or 62.8 per cent. , This is in striking contrast with the corresponding percentage as shown uv the census of ten years ago. In ,1910 only 48.6.per cent of the state's population between five and 20 years of age was attending school. Th^is means a net gain , of 14.2 per .cent durjng the decade. This is the best retord shown for any of the 48 states, .the next being 12.4 per cent in Louisiana.. This group practically presents the number pf children to be taught in xhe commonwealth; The. school age Hilder our constitution begins on the sixth birthday and runs to the 21st 1 ibiiihday.^Th ecensus group includes j boys and girls between five and six ( years of age. These tots ought to be j in kindergarten and many o#f them would be receiving kindergarten training but for the age restrictions of the constitution of 1895. , As to Attendance Law. < The census figures also show the J , population between seven and 13 ; years of age.- This group embraces 1 the boys and girls affected by the 1 compulsory attendance laws in most h of the state. South - Carolina's local J option attendance law wa3 enacted in 1 1917. This was followed by the state- ( wide attendance law of 1919. x j * In 1920 the state had 315,069 boys -J and girls in this group. Of this num- ' .ber 274,4.29-87.1 per cent-were attending school. Here again, South : Carolina outranks 12 states. This per 1 centage stands in striking contrast with the corresponding figures ten years ago-67.6 per cent. The gain i during the decade was, therefore, i 19.5- per cent., or 195 per thousand. Here again South Carolina made the best record of any of the 48 states. ; Legislators, , taxpayers, teachers 1 and patrons have every reason to be gratified over South Carolina's achievement in outstripping every other state in her gain of school at tendance among children between the ages of five' and 20 years as well as in her gain of school attendance i under the compulsory education law 1 between the ages of seven and 13. To make this record in ^either respect would ? be a significant accomplish ment, but to lead the nation in both respects points emphatically to the educational spirit of our- folk. The continuance of our educational efforts during the decade from 1920 to 1930 ought to bring still better results. ? y Leads the South. The state now leads the South in both of these groups. However, it is still behind the average for the na tion. For the country as a whole the percentage of children between the ages of five and 20 years attending school is 64.3 and the percentage, of children between the ages of seven and 13 attending school is 90.6. For the South Atlantic seaboard these percentages ?re 60.2 and 85.6. Stated in another way the figures .mean that now 628 persons between the ages of five and 20 yeara are at tending school, whereas only 486 of .such persons were attending school ^ ten years ago. Among children between seven and 13 years of age the figures mean that 871 boys and girls are attending school against 676 in 1910. The re duction of adult illiteracy goes hand in hand with this improvement in ' school attendance." . The slogan of the next ten years ' might well be "Let's put South Caro lina in the front rank in 1930." The State. Big Paying Jobs Attract , Negroes. . The trial of Frank McNeal, negro, featured the city court session yes terday morning. Chief Strickland said McNeal was collecting $2 from Columbia negroes on a promise to land jobs at Tampa paying from $4 per day up. One negro said a; large number of. negroes "fell" to McNeal's proposition and he for one wanted his money back. The witness said Mc Neal claimed that $2 would pave the way for the job at Tampa and that the Columbia party would -leave on a .midnight train. 'The negro said when train time arrived McNeal would name a later train and after several trains had departed with none of the Columbians on board he became sus picious and notified the police. McNeal said he was acting for the plasters and brickmasons' union and that those who paid the entrance fee were entitled to assistance. He said each'man was required to pay $2 cash when he signed thc papers. The judge sent the case to the criminal court where McNeal will answer to a charge of obtaining/ money} under false pretenses. Bond was fixed at $500.-The State. Georgia Raised Melons Class? ' ed as Luxuries. Atlanta, Nov. 25.-The Georgia Bureau of Markets gives some inter esting figures in regard to the water melon crop. Texas is shown to have devoted 38,000 acres to melon cul ture and Georgia came second with 30,000 acres. i It requires 44,000 cars to trans port the melons to their destinations. The highest price a car was $1,3.50 and the average worth of a car was $500. '"If we consider that watermelons belong somewhat to the1 luxury class of good produced from the ground, the widening demand for them would indicate that the buying power on the part of the public during the summer was not in such dreadful shape after all,"- declared Lem B. Jacksoh, di rector of the St?te Market Bureau. "Of courfee with the small boy and the colored brethren, watermelons do not represent a luxury. They are the sheerest sort of necessities." ?> Fall Plowing. The writer has recently been be tween the plow handles in turning some sod land for corn and potatoes next year. Now that ten-acre field is plowed and ready for winter freezes, to gather winter rains and for the tens of thousands of grub worms turned up to freeze or at least to be made uncomfortable. These advan tages are J well understood but he could not help but think that he was irlad that some of the clods in some packed ground would have several ! months in which rain and freeze J would vie with each other in break ing them down before time to plant a crop there. . Still, after all the big thing is the preparation this year for next year's crop. It is like a bank account or old corn in the -crib when the new 2rop comes in. It is getting ahead of the game, or in the game. With just a two-horse'plow and the feeding to do it is the putting behind us of sev en or "eight days of next year's work. In some Februarys we have" no plow ing weather and sometimes this is about as much plowing weather .as we have in March. On a one-team farm this ten acres fall plowingmay mean almost/a month saved in the spring, for plowing weather is gen erally abundant in the late fall and is liable to be scarce in February and March. It is worth straining to the limit to get started at fall plow ing, then it will be easier than it has been not to do it; for the work can be kept up better clear through the season.-Southern Agriculturist. Gave 15 Tons of Milk in Year. Lincoln, Neb.-Oak Ledge Corona Clyde is vieing with La Verna for \he queenship of Nebraska's dairy cows by taking her rank among the na-j tion's 2-score dairy cows that produc ed more than a thousand pounds of butter and more than twelve hundred pounds of butter is Oak Clyde's rec ord for the year, W. J. Jenkinson, owner, has been notified by the Hol stein-Fresian Association of America. La Verna", queen" bf Nebraska dairy herds, owned by the dairy hus- \ bandry department of Nebraska agri cultural college, set a record of 29, 555 pounds of milk and 1,048 pounds of butter fat, which, converted into butter made a total of 1,310 pounds. Oak Clyde, according to official fig ures, produced 30,250 pounds of milk for a total of 1,009 pounds of fat, which converted into butter, made 1,262 pounds. This represents a dif ference of only forty eight pounds of butter and La Verna ranks sixteenth in the country.. Fleece Lined Highways Now. Fleece-lined roads for getting mo torists over desert sand have recently made their appearance, and have sur-v prised a great many motor tourists traveling through Arizona. There is such a low market value upon cot ton in certain sections that it scarce ly pays to haul it to the railroad sta tions. Much that is raised, therefore, goes into the making of roads. Ranchmen ,of the California Im perial Valley, and the Salt River Val ley, of Arizona-both great cotton producing regions-are doing .with cotton just what farmers in other sandy sections do with straw or ) brush. Cotton is simply thrown down.1 upon the road over stretches where; the sand is annoying. Traffic over the road then packs the cotton down into the sand until it forms a firm, smooth and resilient surface, over which mo tor vehicles may progress with al-j most as much ease as over a paved street, in a city. We still have a few of the new style Fords on hand. Better^et one before they are all sold. YONGE & MOONEY. County Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the fifteenth day of Oe tober, 1921 to the fifteenth day of March, 19'22. All taxes shall be due and pay_ able between the fifteenth day of October, 1921 and Decermber , the thirty first, 1921. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December the thirty first, 1921 the County Auditer shall pro ceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for January and if taxes are not paid on or before February the first* 1922, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent additional, from the first of March .to the fifteenth of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will, be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for 1921 are as fol* lowe : Mills ?For State purposes_-_12 For Ordinary County_r---ll For Past Indebtedness_._5 For Constitutional Schotol tax_3 For Antioch J_8 For Bacon,School District_14 For Blocker _1_8 For Blocker_Limestone_4 For Colliers _)4 For Flat Rock_8 For Oak Grove.-.-3 For Red Hill --.1-8 For Edgefield -._:-10 For Elmwood No. 8_8 For Elmwood No. 9_2 For Elmwood No. 30 -,_2 For flibler _8 For Elmwood L. C._3 For Harmony _-.1-3 For Johnston_'-15 For Meriwether (Gregg) --2 .For Moss-3 (For Brunson School_4* For Ropers_-2 j For Shaw-4 For Sweetv/ater_' _ _ -,-4 For Talbert._8 For Trenton _14 For Wards .-.- 8 For Wards No. 33_4 For Blocker R. R. (portion_6 For Elmwood R> (portion -:-26 For Johnston R. R.._3 ?For Pickens R. R. __.3 I For Wise R. R._r_3 For Corporation___30% Ali male citizens between the j ages of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law/are liable to a poll I tax of One Dollar each. All owners of dogs are required to I pay the sum of $1.25 fdr each dog of the age of six months or older. This is not .included in the property tax j but a tag must be purchased from the County Treasurer for each dog be tween October 15, and December 31, of each year. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages pf 18 and 55 years must pay $4.00 commuta tion tax. No commutation is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax Teceipt when you desire to pay road tax. 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