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Educational For the Help, Encouragement ai Trustees, Children and All Wh ment and the Educational Advai Conducted and Edited by Miss Sadii Newberr SINKLEK--HA WklNS ACT TO KEOIIRE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Section 1. Be it enacted by tho gen eral assembly of the State of Sout , Carolina, That from and after the 1st day of July, 1913, every parent, guardian. or ower person, temporarily or permanently residing in the State of South Carolina, having c.:arge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, s'.:all cause such child or children to at tend the local public school in the district in which i'ae resides, continuously for the entire school term of) each year, except as hereinafter pro- j vided. This period of compulsory attendance si^all commence at the be-' ; ginning of the school term nearest to the eighth birthday of sucsh child, and shall cover the compulsory period of six consecutive school years thereafter.. This period of compulsory attendance for each public school sfrall commence at the beginning of the school term of said sc&ool, unless otherwise ordered by the county board of education in writing; in case of town or cities of 2,000 or more inhabitants, according: to the preceding federal census, by the board of trustees of the public schools of said towns or cities with the approval in writing of t):e county superintendent of education. Continuous attendance upon some other public school, or upon some private or church school taught by competent teachers, may be accepted in lieu of attendance upon the local public school: Provided, that such period of continuous attendance upon such other school shall be for at least as long as the public school term each year: Provided, further, that any private r\r nhnrph CpVinnl 'TPPPi VlTl 2T fOT CVUVVX Vi VUUi vu K/vmw* - 0 instruction pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall be reQuired to keep such records of attendance of such children, and to render such> -reports of same as are hereinafter required Of public schools, and attendance upon such school refusing or neglecting to keep suc'a records or to render such reports, shall not be, accepted in lieu of attendance upon the local public school of the said town, city or district where the child shall be entitled to attend: Provided, further, that tt:e compulsory scnooi term in all agricultural districts shall be four months, or toe full term if the school runs less than four months, said term to be fixed by the board of trustees of such district; and any child or children not engaged in work at home in such agricultural districts, must attend a full term. TLis four months' compulsory provision shall also apply to all children residing in agricultural district^ and attending schools in any town iocaieu m suu uioi-nvio. Sec. 2. Tl-is act shall not apply in any case in which the child's physical or mental condition, as attested by any legally qualified physiciar before the "board of trustees having Jurisdiction of the matter under t):is act, renders his attendance impracticable or inexpedient; or in any case in which tfae child resides two and one-half miles or more by the nearest traveled route from the school house; or in any case ? 1-; - - 1 rvnt'nrfTT 311 WHICH, UfciCclUSt! Ol ,CAU Cine }j\j i , the services of such diild are necessary for his own support or the support of iMs parents, as attested by affidavit of such parents and of such witnesses as the trustees of the district may require; or in any case in which said parent, guardian, or other person .having charge or control of the cftild shall show before the trustees of the district by affidavit of ihimself and of such witnesses as they may require that the child is without necessary hooks and clothing for attending school, and that he is unable to provide the necessary books and clothing: Provided, that when books and clothes shall have been supplied by any means whatsoever, the child shall no longer be exempt from this provision: Provided, further, that if the d-ild lives two and one-half miles or more from the schoolhouse, and means of transportation is furnished, the said dhild, if otherwise eligible, shall be required to attend the said school under the provisions hereof, and it shall be the nf tha trnstpps rvf fhp school to provide, out of the public school funds, books for the use of such indigent pupil free of charge The power of the board of trustees to suspend or expel any pupil shall not be curtailed by this act, and children so suspended or expelled shall not be subject to the provisions of tins act during such period of suspension or expulsion: And, provided, further, that the board of trustees of any school district may Department I id Assisiance of the Teachers, 0 Are Interested in {he Improveicement of AH Cur People.::: ::: i in wa ii i ii i ii? ? ii ii ii a i i i i iii i ii .. --ajwwvaui 2 Goggans, Supervising Teacher for j y County. [excuse temporarily any child from attendance, good and sufficient reasons : being made to appear i erei?or; and in case any child is excused temporarily] under the provisions of this act, the; 1 * 1 3 ? A nrt 1'*.1 r?A T / . Said DOUTQ Ui trustees suaii icuu>-c iu I writing the reasons for their action. '1 and tne time the said c'..ild is "excused, j ! Sec. 3. Every parent, guardian or! j other person in the State of South j Carolina having charge or control of j ja child or children between t .e ages i j j of eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend school as ; aforesaid: Provided, that occasional | absence from attendance by said child, ' amounting to not more tLan four un excused absences in four consecutive I I weeks, shall not be unlawiui: rro-i | vided, further, that the superintendent,! principal or teacher in. charge of any , school may excuse any child for a | temporary absence because of unusual storm, or bad weather, sickness or i death in the child's family, unforseen i or unavoidable accident, and such excuse and reason therefore shall be rei corded by said superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of the school, \ and reported to the trustees as here-j inafter provided: Provided, further,] 1 that in case of protracted illness of I any child whose attendance is required under this act, or in case of quaranj tine of the home in wLich the child j resides, upon report of the health officer or upon satisfactory evidence to this effect, the trustees shall excuse from attendance such child until he is fully restored to health, or until , the expiration of the time required by j law that ue shall stay out of school 1 after quarantine has been raised, j Sec. 4. Every parent, guardian or other person in the State of South1 Carolina having charge or control of; a child between the ages of fourteen' and sixteen years, wLo is not actually, regularly and lawfully engaged in; some useful employment or service or! ! who can not read at sight and write I | legible simple sentences in tne ^nglis'Ii language, shall cause such child to attend regularly some public school as aforesaid. Sec. 5. Any parent, guaradian or other person violating the provisions ! of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine of not less tf..an $2 for the first offense, and not less than $5 for any subsequent offense, nor I more than $25 in any case; and upon ' failure or refusal to pav said fine such i parent, guardian or other person shall j be .imprisoned not to exceed thirty ! davs in the county jail: Provided, that ( the fine for any first offense may, by [, order of the court, upon the payment of cost, be suspended and not collected until the same party is convicted of a | second offense: HProvided, furtLer, j that after the expiration of three days from the service of the notice by the '.trustees eaca and every day a parent, 1 guardian or other person shall willfully and unlawfully keep such child { or children from scnooi, or auow 1 to remain out of school, shall constitute a separate offense, and shall subI ject such person to the penalties herein inafter prescribed. [ Sec. 6. T:.e following- duties are l_ hereby devolved upon the board of [trustees of each school district. TLey shall take the census of children between the ages of six and twenty-one vears. and shall keep the attendance 1,1--records of their districts. It shall be their duty to take an annual school census during the calendar months of July and August, and to furnish each j superintendent, principal or teacher j in charge of a school with an accurate report of said census of the district three days before the opening of the school, and also to furnish at tl:e same time a copy of the said school census of each district to the county superintendent of education: Provided, that in cas-e the school census is not taken as herein directed, it shall be the duty of the county board of education so to do, and to meet ttie expense out of tte funds of the district. The board snail serve written, or printed, or partly written and partly printed notices on every parent, guardian or other person violating tile provisions | of this act, and prompt compliance on the part of said parent, guardian or I other person is hereby required. ProsI + V? ? O '1 /if Ol O 1 1 Vl ?> ; etuuuu UUUCl UJIO a.v i o-.iw.il ~... . m the name of t%? State of South Carolina before any magistrate or recorder of any municipal court within the limits of whose territorial jurisdiction the person prosecuted resides. The board of trustees shall have the rig!ht to visit and enter any office or factory or business house employing children for the purpose of ascertain I ing the names and ases of tho children employed, io facilitate the enforcement of this ac:. When doubt exists as t > the age of a child, they may require of t e ca ployer a properly att- sted birth certificate or an afli'.iavl: s::.rina 'said c i'ci's a^e: they -h:tli kc- p nr. accurate ac ouitt of . II notic; .* r 1. 'of cases prosecuted, and o: nil or a r : services performed, and shall make :. annual reportgof same on or >r July J5th c;' each year to the county] [ superintendent of education:: Provided. further. ?har the beard of tr.; ; of eac school district is hereby v with ant ority to oupio. a clerk or ! clerks whose compensation s".:a".I no i | exceed three cents per capita for obtaining a census for each school cis-j f'-'Vr rv* ?;f*hr*ol Tf-rm Sec. 7. It sliali bo the dury o:' a'.: superintendents, principals and teach-] ers to co-operate wit', t e beard cf. trustees in the enforcement cf the law; to this end it shall be the duty! of t"e superintendent, principal orj teacher in charge of any school in wi. ich pupils between the ages of eight! and fourteen years are instructed, to; keep an accurate record of the attend-j ance of such pupils, to render during! the period of compulsory atttendancej of each school term monthly reports j of same to the board of trustees and) the county superintendent of educa-i tion, showing all absences, excused and unexcused, and in case of each excused absence, stating the reason therefor. Upon *J:e wilfull or negligent failure of any superintendent, principal or teacher in ciiarge of any school to comply with the provisions of this section, the county superintendent of education shall deduct from [ ?is or her salary for the current montb the sum of five dollors before approving the voucher therefor; and in case / of a second offense on the part of any superintendent, principal or teacher, I the county superintendent of education is hereby forbidden to approve the salary warrant of said board, w!;o ' may appeal from such action to tne , county board of education, and t:.e dej cision of the said county board of edi ucation shall be final. I Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the , county board of education of each county to cause' this act to be published in full in some newspaper published' in the county, if there is one, and if there is none, in circular form, 'and given tie widest possible circu! lation at least four weeks prior to I the nndnin.or of the SChOOlS for the ' I.UV ~ 1" O ! scaool year, beginning July first, one > | thousand nine hundred and fifteen, ' and annually thereafter, if in their | discretion it seems necessary. The board of trustees of any 'district, city ' or town shall give two weeks' public notice of ti:e date of opening of any : school under tieir jurisdiction by pub[ lishing .said notice in a county news paper or by posting said notice on the schcol house door. Sec. 9. The notice of any board of trustees giving the date of opening sof any school or schools shall also state the proposed length of tLe term as nearly as practicable, and a 'copy signed by at least a majority of the board of trustees shall be filed at the date of issuance in the office of the rnnntv cnriprintendent of education. In ! any district, aggregation of adjoining districts, that act shall not take effect and become operative until, and unless, 'a petition signed by a majority of the qualified electors of such district, aggregation of districts, requesting the | compulsory attendance under this act ; be autLorized in such territory, shall j Lave been submitted to the clerk of '[ court. The said clerk of court shall examine such petition with especial reference to the legibility of the names contained thereon, and after examination shall refer such petition to the county board of registration. Along [with the petition the clerk of court s?-all send his written statement snowing that he has counted the names thereon and has found them to be so many (giving the number). Immediately upon receipt of the petition and the statement of the clerk of court, j.the county board of registration shall I dheck such petition against tJie regis j tration books of tne county or 01 suca | number thereof as may be affected, and the said county board of registration shall certify its findings in writing to the county superintendent of education. Upon receipt of such, j certificate showing that such petition j bears the signatures of a majority of the qualified voters of the territory affected, tl:e county board of education shall forthwith declare the provisions of this act in full force and effect in such territory. If such petition for any district, or aggregation j of districts, is filed with the clerk of court, checked by the county board of I' registration, and certified to the counj ty superintendent of education after | the opening of any school or schools, j j t):e county board of education may fix [ the date for the beginning of the com1 pulsory school attendance for that year; or the said county board of ed! ucation may order such compulsory ! school attendance to begin at the open^ J 1 --i- c + in vonr Thot j ing 01 me ewl smuiaout jv-m. , | where no such petition is filed, signed' by a majority of the electors as herein ' provided, upon the filing of a petition f signed by one-fourth of the qualified electors of such district, or aigrega-1 * i tion of districts, an election shall be; ordered by the county board of educa-i tion, submitting to the qui' o:\s of su'li district, or a:: _i':i* ion < tiis: i : th. qu sti -n i coimjj y school attendance or 1:0 ct mpulsor;. school attendance for said district, or | agrirogaf :o:i ( ;' di-::\v-:.s: Prov; : d j f-t-r'w.r 1 >r o< covn v ;wvir 1 .> ' - I cation; iii ail sc* ool district contain j ing a town c:' popu'.at m i.~ .?. ( 1 mere inhabitants, upon the petition < a majority of the board of : r:i * shall ord^r sue'.: e'ecrion. The sai.: j elceticn sha-1 be held at the schcol- I house, or school lao ;s( s. for ".v i'." j fliildr.-n. In t . s:rtl di-;rir-;. :: asr j gat ion o: districts. Tii managj shall bo ap;o:ni(d by the boar." of trusi-.-es ei each district. an:l the ?. iJ i election shall be conducted in accordance with the rule? governing gen- ral elections. The county board of education shall supply printed ballots, as j follows: 'Compulsorv sc' ool attend-J anc-e accepted;" "Compulsory school j attendance rejected," and if the ma-i joritv vote in the said election "Com-! pulsory school attendance accepted,"' then the provisions of this act shall apply to the said district, or aggre-j igation of districts. The said election shall be held on the second Tuesday in June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, following tl:e filing of the said petition, or on the second Tuesday in June of any subsequent year. Any district omitting, failing or refusing to accept compulsory school attendance as fcerein provided, either by petition or by election, may adopt the provisions of this act in any subsequent year, either by petition or by , election as hereinabove provided. Section 10. The board of education of each county, and in case of towns and cities or two tnousana mnaDiianLs, the board of trustees therein shall have power at any meeting to make such rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions Ihereof, as they may deem best with reference to the time, i:lace and hours for school attendance So as to secure the attendance of all children between the ages of eight and fourteen years upon the schools of t<:e county as herein provided, and suc'.i rules and regulations, when approved by the county superintendent of education, and posted at the court house door and at the door of each public school house in the territory affected thereby, shall have tJ:.e force of law until, and unless, they < frave been revoked on appeal by the j 'State board of education. The opera-|i tion of such rules and regulations may I be suspended by the State superin-! tendent of education during tiie pen-j dency of such appeal. Sec. 11. No tuition, contingent, ma-j triculation, incidental or other fee of; any kind shall be charged or collected | for t).:e attendance of any pupil upon j ~i itViQ /".nmrnnn nr rmhlio I any auiuui j.ai ^? , school department residing in this j State adopting the provisions of this! act. , Sec. 12. The county board of education shall have full power and authority to remove from office any trustee, or board of trustees, neglecting, refusing or omitting to carry out the provisions of this act, and to fill the vacancy thereby created on said board in accordance with existing: law. Sec. 13. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. All acts and parts j of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved the 2(th day of February, vA. D. 1915. Adv. Wheeland and Chappells have taken - - - ^ 1 r>TiT Uir AV_ advantage 01 auuve ia?. ^.7 erting themselves, the trustees of almost any district can get a majority ?of the qualified electors to sign a petition for compulsorv attendance. Winthrop College. SCHOLARSHIP and ENTBANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in "Winthrop college and for the admission of new students will be held at the countycourt house on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. nu Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the condirrr\ xrnrm'n CT tha award. iAnDli- i uuua gvT^iuiug i ? cants for scholarships should write to j President Johnson before the examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth 5100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15, 1915. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. ___ NOTICE OF ELECTION IN OLD TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT >U. 4U. Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 years, of Old Town school district, No. Ik W All & i t * A 3 5 U J t? t, ?Cb i?*a Ui OJ H 9 ,r % ^ i - IVClCIII .?j I j I have opened , Friend Street j i I stand, South si Baxter's Undert ment. I solicit a si patrc Sam D( / mamMBBamMMaamtMumMKmamommuammam 40, of the County of Newberry, State * 01 *r- flora f? 1 ad O TlPtitiOTl 01 OOUUU LttlU.iiia, i_L-ci t u UAVU V* jf/n/.-.-w? . with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in said school district on the question of levying a special annual tax of four mills to be collected on the property located in the said school district. v^tt- + ViArofnra t"hp undersigned.! i\U ? , LJLL^A \^y VMV w composing the county hoard of education for Newberry county, South Carolina, do (hereby order the board of trustees of Old Town school district No. 40, to hold an election on tfne said question of levying a four mill tax to he collected on the property located in the said school district, w!':ich said election sftall be held at Old Town school house, in said school district No. 40, on Saturday, June 5, 1915, at which said election the polls ~ United Confed< i Reu I Richmc June 1 to l Very low round trip fai througH Pullman sleeping commodations announced Southern Premier Carrie mi t<r\rr 1 n .99 me "umciai itoure Over Night Tri Lv. Columbia 7:20 p. m, Lv. Ridgeway 8:03 p. m Lv. Wmnsboro 8:24 p. m, Lv. Chester 9:08 p. m, Lv. Charlotte 11:00 p. m, Ar. Richmond 8:00 a. m. ** * . n*.L iNewoerry to imci and Return - - Both of these trains coaches and Pullman sle best attention will be giv business. Through cars the return movement on i Proportionately low e? points. Excursion tickets will l 2, inclusive, final limit An extension of final lin June 30, by depositing ti( 10 and nay men t of a fee - -i. Tickets will be good for Railway stations at whiel For further informati tion apply to local agent < S. H. IV Shoo & a repair shop in a * Sharp's old I iA& n n n n s i t I Wi L VU 'W W ^ . w w - w aking Establish- ^ tiare of your mage. 1 >minick I ! shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trustees of said school district small act as managers 01 saia election. Only such electors as reside in said school district and return real or personal property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to vote, Electors favoring the levy of sucfo tax shall cast a ballot containing the word | "Yes" written or printed tfcereon, and such elector opposed to such levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal on A May 15} 1195. I GEO. D. BROWN, I S. J. DERRICK, J. 6. 'VV lHiiH.JLiE.XV, I County Board of Education i for Newberry County, S. C. V irate Veterans | nion ] >nd, Va. i . 3,1915. res, special trains, special 5 car and day coach acby the? Railway >r of the South , for Monday, May 31 p Daylight Special May 31, Oily 6:00 a. m. 8:50 a. m. 9:11 a. m. 10:50 a. m. . 11:45a.m. 8:00 p. m. 'mfn1$8.10 will carry through day tii epmg cars ana tne very en to the handling of the will also be provided for convenient schedule, ccursion fares from other >e on sale May 29 to June returning June 10, 1915. lit may be obtained to :kets not later than June of fifty cents. stopovers at all Southern l there are agents. on and Pullman reservaor write to: < IcLEAN, D. P. A., ' Columbia, S. C.