Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<J> <$><$> <?> <$> <? $> <$> <{' <? '$> <? *$> <6* <$' I <i> 3> THE STATE COLLEGES AND <? THE COMMON SCHOOLS. <? ? ( <?> By a Friend of Both, in Ander- * , <?> son Daily Mail. $> ^ $> <$> <$ <?" ^ 'f> ? 5s ^ 'r <?' TT^imo+'irtn ic* 'j f-iA'AVli o 11 T"J /1 tilTU'lv XJViUVllWlVll iO CV ? V'i i w v.. v. plank in the platform of every candi- 1 date who seeks to become a mem- ! ber of the general assembly of South i Carolina. The issue is too frequently : discussed in general terms without an < intimate knowledge of what the state ] is doing, and what the state is failing to do, to support all its educational ' interests. The cause of popular cuu- ' cation in this state has made tre- i mendous strides in the past ten years, < although it must be admitted that we ' have but touched the surface of the < problem and that we are still woe- ' fully lacking in the full performance 1 of our duty and obligation ta the I boys and girls who are to become the - future citizens of the state and the builders of its progress and civiliza- < tion. M " - A* f.il-inir r?f I ' .T or tnu purpose yi lamuf, , what the state has done for its com- J mon schools and for its institutions of ( higher education, and analysis of the ; appropriations made by the ir"20 ses- 1 sion of the legislature is illuminating. Appropriations for Common Schools. At its last session the legislature j1 appropriated for the use of the public 2 or common schools, through the state j" department of education, a total of $931,090. This appropriation of near- : ]y a million dollars has no relation, ( of course, to the other sources of , J revenue for the support of the com- ^ mon schools, which will be treated as 1 a separate subhead further on in this k article. The majority of special ^ H school disti-icts in South Carolina Y now levy special taxes for the sup ? port of the schools, the amount of which varies according to school needs and the spirit of progress manifest in each district. The general purpose of the legislature in makin. c these special appropriations out of i j" the state treasury is to equalize as * far as possible the burdens and prob- j1 lems of the nearly 2,000 special disI Q tricts throughout the state and to j encourage and assist . districts in jv building up better schools. The pur- j ? ^1IoIiiva in y*vrs o* ! ^ pOSe OI uie ieg.iciacui. t, ?JI out an intelligent plan of assistance and cooperation, can be readily seen in the distribution it makes of the 1920 appropriation, which is divided j among the following heads: Consoli? dated graded schools, extension of c school terms, operation of hish C| schools, guaranteeing seven months terms, constructing school buildings, c supervision of rural schools, inspec- i i s tion of mill schools, vocational edus cation, night schools for adults, en- . forcing the compulsory attendance law, and betterment of negro schools. * How the Public Schools Are Sup- ^ ported. Tho m:nn revenue of the common schools is derived from taxation * through the special school districts, n from the three mill constitutional 1 tax, and from poll and dog taxes. | The figures from the office of the | state superintendent of education are \" not available for the scholastic year j ending June 30, 1920, but for the | previous year, as shown in the an- j nual report of Mr. Swearingen, the | total revenue from all of the above j sources was $3,435,907.27. This total! "i does not include the additional and j new tax levies voted sfaice the period j covered by his report. The increased j i cost of maintaining the schools and j the necessity of paying teachers* bet-j ter salaries have reasonably brought this total to about four million dollars for the school year ending June ; 30, 1920. Add to this the special j appropriations made by the 1920; legislature and the total revenues for! i the common schools available fo** the J current year will be approximately J i $5,000,000. ; j Per Capita Cost of Common School ; Education. , The white school enrollment in this} state for the year ending June "0,' 1H19, was 120.495, and the colored ! enrollment about 9,000 more. The! average per capita cost of educat-1 ing these children was $20.43 for the ' state, for white children, and $2.31 ! for colored children. The per capita I cost for Anderson county was for white pupils, or 27th in rank among the counties of South Caro- j lina. Darlington ranked highest in j per capita expenditure for schools' and Pickens lowest. Appropriations for Colleges. The 1920 general assembly made j ~ . 1 appropriations for the support ol its colleges or higher institutions of' learning totaling $1,549,598.39. The I institutions for whose support these ' | approporiations were made are: Uni-, | versity of South Carolina, the Cita- i del, Clemson college, Winthrop college, Medical College of South Caro-! ina, Confederate^ Home college, De j La Howe Industr;,al school, School for \ . the Deaf and Ijlindv and the Statej j V _ ' w^xoccv-m.- j-AL.trjuM tjb?r. olored collcire at Oran<reburir. I A portion of this total was for sp?-1 ial buiidinir purposes ami is, there-1 fore, above the sum which unu.-r ' it'ii"' t-ir<?"ii1:?nic> v,o'.iu!,i I we! !>eon appropriated. The physical | ctndition of the buildings of the j lOuth Carolina Military academy, or j !lie Citadel for a new Citadel plant, | :.n a new as it is usually called. made j1 it imperative for the legislature to novide for new buildings plans or . let the institution be ultimately h losod. Plans, site. have been com-U pleted, and the legislature i:i order!-' :o take cave of an extraordinary sit- j; iiaticn authorized an appropriation ; :.f .$(500,000 payable in three annual j installments. Two hundred thousand ; dollars in the 1920 college appropriations, therefore, are for the Citadel \ ilone for its build in? program. There ire other building; items for other, M)llec:es. i Ratio of College and Common School < Cost. 1From the forego>ilc figures, it i.- ' ipparent that the state, through the 11 cgislature and through its oilK-:'! nethods of educational support, is 11 living" 10 mu u I'L CIIC j ? rommon schools approximately four j ;mes the sum it is spending annual- r y on its colleges. ? rhe Necessity for ??TulunI Support. v There has been in times past a $ ather distinct line 01 cleavage beween. those who have striven to p nake the common schools almost the ' ;^ie unit of the state's educational j ri lystem and those who have -overem- j t >hasized the importance of the higher (i nstitutions of learn in jr. Both rchools j f. >f thought are wrens:. Fortunately : h * i 'or the smoother establishment of a ; v orward looking educational program j c in$ for its enlargement as the! a vealth of the state permits, thsse j c shades of difference of opinion have ! irradually * merged into each other | n tnd, with the exception of one sided i nen who here and there are elected j ^ o the legislature, the threat majority !*akes a reasonable and a liberal view | >f the relative needs and merits of j ho orammar schools and of the col- I ^ eges, and provides for bath accord- j c ngly. Ic If the state owes to its children the j' ibligation of giving to them the ad- j c 'antages of universal common school ' A education?and no good citizen can i ^ onceivably deny that it docs?does ; " I not follow as a necessary corollary i' i educational progress that the state I rust also liberally support its higher ; r.stitutions of learning to round out; Jhe privilege of o* "> vtunity that it; * ;wes its boys and ^s I The interests j z r> in?i of fllO J 1 % j tate colleges are closely interwoven. tnd while the duty of the legisla- j 3 ure is to provide for the public jv ichools first it is no less its duty to ! 0 i ee that its colleges are maintained \ 0 n first class* condition. Any other j tJ jolicy?an\ effort to tear down one j it the expense of the other?is bound , I o work to tho injury of both. ! C Just at ' time, when the pen-' v ?le of the state are blessed with the j r: mjoyment of greater material pros- j h icrity than they have ever before jr 'xperienced, we need men in the leg-j sj slature who have breadth cf view, j 0 i j^.'3iaa8MliWIMMnniMrTlP' TT iTSm frT.?-|.rHTrr.. n 1 .Mi-.ri 1 Here's the big chance of th< cut down your Spring tube equipment expenc Buy Vacuum Cup 7i~ each tire you will get c Tube of correspondi IUTELY FREE! This generous offer is LIMI Spring and Summer r< your order AT ONCE. Vacuum Cup Tires and 6l? an indispensable comb:' who demands absolute! Adjustment basis ? per war eaca casing: Vacuum Cur Fabric Tires . . Vacuum Cup Cord Tires . e -i aaeaaHBgaM?a?as LDER & W Newberry, vho have length of vision, ami who ave (ieplh of sympathy to plan ;iu-a;i ami Null i for the future. A v-.ool program that i;'. pari construc-1 ive and pari, <!e<tiiK-i:\v is almost as< r. no program at all. A proves-, Ive ;>? i a constructive a^e, and" he solution of our economic and < oeial preidcni? must be based first :i an educational system which will .{lord to every boy and jjirl in the i;'te not only opportunity for development bur opportunity without stint nd without limit. When the state :tternpts to measure up to that standrd of simple duty and of binding ob nation, usintr its legislative servants j provide the necessary means to put into effect, we will begin to grew ) the stature of a great people. And e shall not begin to grow until we lake the attempt. i A Stumbling Bicck to Progress. There is one injustice that must be directed as a condition precedent : the building up of a great school vstem. Tiie teachers must have beter ]>ay. From a perusal of the report of ;c stile superintendent of educa "on, for the year ending June oO. JH\ it is seen thai the average sal y of a white male teacher was v.M.G i for one year s service. I* or iiitc women the compensation was 155.88. For An tiers on county the vcrage nrJni ic? were JH4.ami ;2J'..~>8 respeetively. These figures r.erd no comment, lev are almost brutually tragic in e!r significance. Some relief has en given in salary increases, which e possible since many districts .ive increased their levies. But the \y is still .crossly inadequate for the miracter of the service rendered, j id the public will have to be jarred j it of its long sleep or finally wake only to f:nd that the doors of J :any of 1I3 schools have been closed. ?? UR OWN DR. CARSON AT INVENTION AND CONFERENCE The last issue of tin- Associate R<:*orme?.I Presbyterian contained interting reports from the convention : the North Carolina Young People's hristian union at Huntersville hurch. North Carolina, and. the Linoocl conference near Gastonia. Dr. n son look a prominent part in both j aiherings, as will b? seen by the fol \v;r;g paragraphs which will be un--:rstccd in I he reading: The closing address and consecra-, or. service was conducted by the l3v. J. V/. Carson. I). D., general :-c!etary of Young People's work in ::e synod. This was a very impres' ve service. Quite a number of >ung people present signified their { lllngness to engage in some form j l Christian work in case ic should be j violent that the Lord has called j I -After a spirited sonic service, the! lev. S. W. Tie id introduced Dr. J. W. :mon, who would speak on our formovement work. J h\ Carson M that one vcaj* ago tbey liad met ; v(. io pray over the proposition to' is3 S2."0.000. The church had reonded nobly to that call and $511,- J JO had been raised. He praved that I * I m.xrrr nr-ajttz*rr. p. i-..' - itvr \Lm? ? t* I I | I f 11 I 2 season to materially and Summer tire and iitures. cs NOW! With . M n& "Ten Tested9' i p.fj size3 ABSO- 1 $ I T"RT"Y Artf-irin^t-p vnnP s i =quirements and place, , - /> y ?on Tested" Tubes are ^ J nation for the motorist!.v ' N 4 y highest quality. ^ ! ' S * . I rrinty tag attached ta. ! > j 6,000 Mi!cs' - < Jg j 9,000 Miles ' ! EEKS CO. )[ S. C. j I; nnanmnfln^J, I ju:;t as fine a record mi;rht be 1 in the way of collections. Let u:s i piay and work for this desirable con-: j summation. Kolicwinu' this admirable1 ])) erentation of this crre^t vital movf-! ment, the ilev. E. I*. Hnnter, the Ilev. ; !?. drier, the Kev. drier iVessly j and the liec. II. L. Hamilton sang the j selection, "Lord, lie:;;* .My grayer." 1 The Kev. J.'W. Carson, P. D.J i the superintendent of liic Sabbath ; school and Young People's work of | our church, was next called on for | a message. Tie said we needed to i take counsel together. He defined j the Sabbath school as the church j studying together the word ox God. j One of the great. purposes of the! Sabbath school is to make Christ. known. Methods arc helpful, but our j teiichin^ must ho Christward. The | development of the spiritual life and \ training the young for service should j; be.\constar.tly before the mind wf the j teacher. Organized class work con- i netted teaching wiLh service. The | church is entitled to the best in the 1 way of organization and methods. ; We need a shaking up along1 these ' lines. We need a Sunday school j propaganda to enroll the membership , nf fii" i-liiitv-li i?i tlin Snrrinv : as wo]] as the children. Let us ap-; ply the things we have heard here to ! the school at home. Jesus had two , classes, disciples and apostles, in one j of these let us see that all our people i are found. Subscribe to The Herald and News, $2.00 a year. (POLITICAL ADA i Record Shows ci High Pe; and Faithful Perform for a Customary ! " TO THE VOTERS OF THE FAG 4 '4 9 As to whether my record as y years is such as would merit yo; consideration the following whk of the Attorney General's report the past six years. ; R. A. Cooper, Solicitor? (Not Guilty 1014 (paire 18G)51 1915 (page 272) ,... 59 1016 (pajre 280)......'.. 36 Totals :... 140 H. S. Blackwell, Solicitor? Not Guilty 1917 (page 338^...*.. 40 j 01S (parre 1-15) 18 1919 '(page 155)........ 21 Totals 82 It will be seen that my preck t">ons in cases disposed of during is 77 per cent., and that my per< i ? #?i i 'iii disposed 01 cuirmg ir.c iasi uiree ' It .will also be seen that my pei disposed of during the year 191.9 third rank amonir the Solicitor's I respectfully submit that the proof that I have been diligent a of the duties oj this office.^ It has been the custom in thi whose record merits it, a second to continue to give you faithful s -? " m t r* j f j 1. . i i _ Uic Mill Dentin oi me km as your Solicitor J'or the past thr / , * uuk I -w c^c us aaaaaH | Don't Bel ( In lj3fi Don't /imrjt- iL, fO cia~, !ackinS am -_ i^-'Kniffmm- -: I an^ cn m^rmm ??ur <* ~~~rxt //.;:?# impov* - 11 juaufitiC0HTEST5 0?0? 11 j ^ ^ ! i OOch :| gj! rjnnis pr, \\\ *^>hol about as || * j known i ij * Kutritive. Effective Toai: ; tioil a lie II * ani Genial E;iidcf |'-^"s up the i 1 /TX ^ ?,ee!iB . / 1 \ llver al i / 4. \ LS^- itself at -j j j ] jr* up the :j i WJ%?LJ 'j ^crcasos IS i ji^i reserve x?' cnablinj . SBfSfJft*; I gee is e r-c ValwbJe fcjiedies-j. i I. Cent S DC j i I wom-ou ! [l For Sa ?fl Cosrj.-ecccts; j J PRICE, .--SUP I | I wHin^'w "CELLED BUZZARD" TALE [ AG A US GOING ROUNDS j i l Atlanta, (In., A 10.?The ' hei!< ;! buzzard" revival, which at one time nvept t'i *t?;j; ?: this .-late an-1 Kt?n?nK{ ct?ir!o<: in c.i iv> t- mmuk. ! " =.- '1 ? "> ' - ii;;r find in sonic am;; -lit. g fro in prac-: tically every county, has now spread to other parts of 1 lie South, and the' famous bird, which had to go some to be seen at I?lue Ridge Summit ami; Tybco on the same moment, in places j as far distant one from another a:< i Palatfca, Via., and Norfolk, Va. The story is nearly always the j same. I was startled by the rit;g-i ing of a small bell, and on locking! un I saw a huge buzzard flying by is' . , what they nearly all say. % The visions Have occurred in such j numbers recently that it has beccmc i apparent, says one Atlanta wag, that there are either mors belled buz-j zards or more durned liars in the I L-Tand old state of Georgia than you! couid sit on a rail fence and count in i ft long cummer's day. | /ERTI3EMENT) [WELL'S RECORD i rcentage of Convictions | ;ance of Duty?Ask Second Term. i IITH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT: o _ l - :i.? j?? jT i. 4. i ! (HI 1 OUlitlLUl IUI U1C LiliUU j .?r approval, I submit for your j h is taken from the summary j ;s to the General Assembly for | i Guilt}7 Total 120 J80 007 I V ' * ) 124 1 GO 480 G2G?77 per ccnt. ** n GuHty Total ? 164 2b4 ? I 02 110 1G1 185 417 499?83 per cent. ? scessor's percentage of convichis last three years of service sunt age of convictions in eases years is So per cent. 'centage of coirv iclions in cases _ is 87 per cent., which gives me of this State for that year. ? ^ ? ? - ? " ' - ? . 1 -I i 11 Vl o 1^*1 %*\ 1 /~\ I U ilUUVU IfCUill iUillJSiica allien; ra nd faithful in the porformancc * _ I s Slate to give to a Solicitor term. I promise if reelected, en/ice, and further to g'ive y'oti : and experience drained by me oe years. II. S. BLACK WELL. ? W v l A reak and 9 jc SfftCt^StiZ I ;f : drag around from day 1 r m a worn-out condition, ? ~ ; energy, ambition, strength 1 o rlnranrf*. if vnn are nervous. R IT lin and easily exhausted?if jS igestion is peer, your blood g ~ irished, your kidneys, liver f _ cvvels sluggish? ? j qi TAKE ^ ' I JR spa rat ion is r- compound of well ?j ^ medicines that aid in the diges- H ?1 assimilation of the food, build | ?2 ?lood and purify it by increasing & linarive powers oi tlie kidneys, f ~7" id ])0\vcls. It is complete in 1 ! A id all. tnat nature needs :o tone & entire system. Maltogr-n in- M 7T your weight. It builds up a ? ?"/oi'strength and endurance, thus g ? you to resist disease. iUaito- s % xactly the thing that con vales- fi * rmnoiol . CL iwVU^U uuwWi V*A gl .t bodies. %\ feat $1.20 I ELITE PHARMACY gj Phone 115. f| MJilc?a?i i, ?? ildlfll U CAND jp |^o R Endorsed A nf Charlcsto lion of South Carolina, its a Carolinian, who has taken state's development, he h; people from ail sections o and parcel of every mover the state. A public spirited man < presiding officer, a man oi sped and who has the coi: <\f nr\r\ 1 n \J L l/i Ex-President Charleston Ex-President Charleston Ex-President South Can elation. Has held and io high off Past Master Organization: Chairman Sanitary & Di mission, Charleston Count 1st Vice President Soul Roads Institute. Prndi H p#i f- (1 r>r\ s:n 1 i rl y, t p r] Formerly Mayor Pro Te 8 Years Alderman, Cha President Enterprise P>a Planter arfd Farmer, Cli VOTI ^ An? / CHARLES Cans Lieutenant ONE EM THE ONL THAT WILL BE . csv to rw Trained Wild t Buffalo Wild \ Historical, Ethnological reater, Nobler and Gr llarged and Roconstrucie HREE RING CIRCl 3G-HORSES, MARVI J'STORICAL WILD 30?PEOPLE, AREN: 'FEN CAGES OF RA] JfJ I* mraj'a ^ ar^oiic cy T~ C.V A A VIV AM -w ? W ? Who have delighted the hea: he Sticknsys, World F 3 Funny Clowns a HODA ROYALS HI* Big- Magnificent ?BRASS BANDS , ??r. mim i mm ?<?wr ?? ?? rn r| CIRCUS TEEMIfti 2 COMPLETE Y. AFTERNOON A1 ider Water Proof Tent3?E Gilder; IDATE I int Governor by Farmers n and known in every secbroad-minded liberal South Dart in all that tends to- the as mixed with all classes of f the state, has been a part ncnt for the development of )f ability, v/ho is a capable dignity who commands- reifidcnce of the rank and file i Clearing House. x t Chamber of Commerce. f ' )lina (State) Bankers Asso J icer ir Social, Fraternal and 5 in South Carolina. . - V-. - u rainasre (Good Roads) Com:h Carolina' (State) Good Auto and Truck Co. * , . h rr, Charleston. vieston. ilk. .arioston County. I HARVEY :mw <5 r ' A Vitj 8w'? VI i?date iY ONLY - ? x . vt -1 ,Y CIRCUS HERE THIS YEAR 1 ^ * * Jt v ; ^ # ? \nimal and Old Vest Exhibition and Educational Exhibition ander Than Ever Before d for the Present Season v J. JS AND MENAGERIE " . ^ s -'v v ^ x LOUS BEAUTIES-300 ^ n ' WEST EXHIBITION fC CELEBRITIES?500 REST WILD ANIMALS I >f Performing Elephants rts of thousands of spectators. ramous Bareback Riders . nd Aerial Artists 50 QH SCHOOL HORSES Free- Street Pageant AND CALLIUftb?6 G . WITH WONDERS SRFORMANCES?2 r 2?MGHT AT 8 )oors Open One Hour Earlier S Field. ; . - ; ;A ' < s ' '>v.v ' - * / V 1 for^'-V v ^ ' ' .