The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, February 22, 1919, Image 4
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ILLITERACY AMAZES
ARMY AUTHORITIES
i '
INDICATIONS FROM DRAFT THAT
ONE-FOURTH OF MALE POPU '
LATION CANNOT READ
OR WRITE.
Stfuth Carolina
Down As Worst
Percentage There 49 5 Against 16.6
in New York, with its Large For
eign Element.
Washing!on, Fob. 22—Striking fig
ures dealing with illiteracy have been
supplied to the Department of the In
lerior by the Surgeon General’s Office
of the At my in connection with the -- y - >— v.-- ., mu-
consideialion of the Smith-Bankhead £ ia, o English, 18t>, or 25.8 per cent.,
Americanization bill which has just olass; illiiterate, non English, 48
1 een introduced in Congress provid- or I* er CPn L, Beta class. Total 71!),
ing for cooperation between the Feder of ‘ v,, “ n, ‘ v
al Bureau of Education and the States
Sheridan
55,165
11,985
21.7
Sherman
64,408
26,938
41.8
Taylor
53,336
10,672
20.0
Travis
77,555
17,403
22.4
Upton
61,559
14,486
23.5
,W ads worth
67,704
113,442
19.9
Wheeler
32,988
10,411
31.6
Total
1,552,256
386,196
24.9
What New Yorx Showed.
The Surgeon General’s records show
..he proportions classed literate and ill-
1 Rotate for 2,338 cases from New York
City in draft 851 examined at Camp
Upton.
.American born literate, fair, 1.383
cases, 85.4 per cent. Alpha class, iii-
erat.e, poor, 212 cases, 13.1 per cenr.,
Bt< a class: illiterate, English, 24, or
1.5 per cent., Bata claims; illiterate, non-
English, none. Total l.t’lf of which 14
per cent, Beta cia3».
Foreign-born literate, fair, 23 or 32
per cent., Alpha class; IHerate, poor.
25i; or o'l.G per ce«.., Beta clasts iliit-
iii Dureuu ui jviufjancii ana me oiuips c
in bringing the English language and Literate, fair 1,613, or 69
' tizenship to native illiterates and -^ ; Pba. class; literate, poc
non-E’tglish speaking perrons.
The last prior indication as to illi-
teracy in this country was ithe census ^
of 1910 which showed 8,500,000 im» ^
whom 08 per cent, were Bo a class,
lotal both American and foreign.
per cent.,
. poor 408, or 20
per cent., Beta class; illiterate, non-
English, 4S, or 2 per cere... Beta class.
Total, 2,oJS, of whom 31 per cent, were
"eta class.
migrants and native illiterate per- * n Vi? e ( * ra ft on New York State on
sens over »ten years of age, of whom -5. 1918, there were 8,965 men ex
5,500.000 were una ble to read and an i in ’id, of whom 1,484 tv ere classed as
write English. The basis of the cen Illiterate, oc 16.6 per cent. On July 5,
siis reports was the ability of'the in- a flraft of 961 men were examin-
dividual to write his own njinie and 1° Sc, ’J-h Carolina of whom 487 were
his .wn opinion as to whether ho Mterate, a percentage of 49.5 illiteracy
could speak English. The ^ures "’bile on July 24 a draft of 4,692 men
ju i released to the Interior llepart examined in Minnesota showed 676 ill;
seem to indicate that cn^-four of the terate, or 14,2 per cent. Commenting
mem by the War Department would on these examinations, one of the re
adult males in the United States are Ports m the Surgeon General’s office
HD erate in any language. The ire
ports indicate that the educated for
eign-bom have been quick
English.
says:
‘‘Tlie figures are most significant in
to learn "Sht of the fact that the drafted men
from New York State include manv
Pile War Department’s records r °reigners. in spite of that fac, the
show that 24.9per cenl of thedraft
.mny examined by that Department’s
agents were unable to. lead and under
stand a newspaper or write letters
home. Of 1,552,256 examined 386,196
were illiterate or unable to read and
write English sufficiently to take the
simple test “Alpha,’ and had to be
classed as 'Betta.'’. The Surgeon
General’s figures wens compiled on
account of 'the need for gtvlng exam
inations for normal intelligence and
the necessity, in that connection, fo»
the draftees to read simple questions.
The standards for determining the
ali’tty of recruits o take these tests
varied in different camps. The
whcdier the man could read a newspa
per ■ r write letters to Ids family.
Record of Negroes Good
One of thhe surprising features of
be data compiled by tne Surgeon Gen
era!’!; staff is tlhe general indication
that the percentage of negor illiteracy
in some States is smaller than tha of
the whites while another is the fact
the fnretgn-born who are educa-
jed in 'heir own language can also read
‘ English. It had been generally assum
ed i hat it would be easy to communi
cate with foreign born residents whe
do n", speak English by means'of their
own language, but it now appears that
inr -t of those who cannot read and
wr> e our language and cannot write
i at all.
The obtaining of information on illU-
eracy oy the Section of Psychology of
! the Surgeon GeneraUs office was only
jincidealia! lo determining which intelli
gene? examination should be given to
the men examined. It was fodnd essen
jiial io develop one kind of pyschologi-
! eai examination for those who could
not read and write English, another for
.those wiio could read and write English
I and then ic evolve procedures for sea
rating these grouns.
I'or the psychological examination ot
the draft two types of group examina^
iDons were used: Examination Alpha,
which demands a reading knowledge of
English, and examination Be a, which
is especially planned for foreign and ii-
literate groups. The men reporting for
eramination were first divided into an
“Alpha ’ group and a “Beta” group.
The usual basis of separation was
ability to read and understand new*
papers and wriie letters home.” In a
number of camps, however, an educa
tional qualification was added, and in a
tew camps an educational qualification
aione was used.
In the table given below there is ir.
dicated for 28 stations in which exten
mvg examination was carried on’., both
« b mil S ° n Which a man was consid
ered illiterate and the number and per
cent, of in men examined whom it
was found necessary - rend to the
Beta examination for i 1? erate.s. The
extent of illiterate was found to b*
olkm largely dependent upon the pro
portion of negrees in the group
"T 1 ]’' of illiteracy amogn the
Rafted men s a striking fact,” says
the data, furnished to the Interior Do
Si r "’'To- •? t iS 0tvl0l,s wit hout s
1 , «lefui te measure of illiteracy
ami a uniform standard for the separa
t , l ; n : )f Blcl 'P s - an y flailed statements
tre nnposible :it is em.aljy obvious
hot these measures, Lhough rough and
vanud. do indicate general conditions
ot serious public concern ”
percentage (16.6) 'seems to be very
small when compared with the percent
age of illiteracy, found among the men
reporting from Soujth Carolina, in
fact, the percentage tor the latter
group were found to be so high as to
make us doubt the accuracy of ttjie
data. A check was therefore made
“The records of all South Carolina
men m one company were analyzed
with the result that of Une 177 men in
he company 109, or 61.6 per cent, were
illiterate. It seems from this check
that the percentage of illiteracy (49.3
per cent.) for the whole group from
S °U h Carolina is probably correct
Such a. percentage of illiteracy as is
found among thhe men from South
'arolina is starting.
“Among Virginia negroes reporting
at Camp Lee, Va., in the Fall of 1917, [
’he percert age of iliiteracy was 40 per
cent. The conclusion is that the pro
blem of iliiteracy among South Or, o-
Mna, drafted men is a most serious
one.”
WILSON REMAINS
ONLY SHORT TIME
Washington, Feb. 22,—President
Wilson, arriving in Boston Monday
will splend only one week in the Unit
ed States before embarking March 5
to return to Paris.
In anticipation of a crowded week
with a cabinet meeting, a conference
with the foreign relations commit
tees of congress, the signing of bills,
attention to various domestic prob
lems and perhaps an address to con
gress on the proposed league of na
lions, White House officials are arran
ging the business of the executive of!
flees So that not a singie minute will!
be lost. Mr. Wilson will get down to \
business as soon as he sets foot In!
Boston, where Secretary Tumulty j
went might with a mass of docii |
ments demanding immediate atten 1
tlon.
After speaking in Boston Monday
afternoon, the president will return
to the capitol, arriving here Tuesday
morning and going direct to his desk
in the White House. Tuesday is the
-egular meeting of the cabinet and
’his will put him in touch with any
nending business, though he hail
been so constantly in communication
with officials here by cable that it >s
not expected the meeting will be
unduly protracted.
Wednesday night members of the
senate and house foreign relations
committees will attend a dinner at
the White House to hear the presi
dent explain the various articles of
•he constitution of the league of r.a
lions. Iris considered certain in oiTi
cial circles here that the dinner will
be followed by an address to con
gress, but at the executive offices to
day it was said no word on the sun
'eet had been received from Mr.
Wilson.
Nomination of an attorney general
to succeed Thomas W. ‘ Gregory,
— concern " whose resignation becomes effective
The figures covering the period from March is one of tl,e important
Anil 27, 1918, tr. the dose of the ex piece3 of business to come' before the
mining o! the drafted men are- president. He also will have to sign
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Uowie
Cody
fusteh
iDevens
Dix
Dodge
Funst.m
Gordon
Grant
Greene
Greeoleaf
Hancock
Humphrej
Jackson
Kearney
Lee
Lewis
Logan
Meade
Pike
Sevier
No Exam.
to Beta
Beta
27.464
5,497
20.0
23,482
5,003
18.8
54,354
IO.CiM
18.4
50,031
11,370
22.7
67,768
19,768
29.2
69,927
22,701
32.5
75,678
21,907
29.0
63,648
16,119
25.3
83,229
24,218
29.1
27,807
10,516
•37.8
56,097
992
17.8
44,423
12,714
28.6
s 13 v 98l
1,957
14.0
98,996
19,587
19.8
18,921
2,931
15.5
82,441
23,104
28.0
75,319
10,209
13.0
19,984
3,679
18.4
65,700
21,069
32.1
75,948
21,891
28.8
24,139
6,567
27.2
on Sales
on Investment
Isn’t this a reasonable profit?
It is what Swift & Company earned
in 1918.
2 cents on each dollar of sales—only a
fraction of a cent per pound—was too small
to have any noticeable effect on prices.
11% on investment (capital and surplus)
means only fair returns to the 25,000
shareholders; they received 8% dividends
in 1918.
The 1918 earpings of Swift & Company
w r ere equivalent to a profit of only
$212 on Sales of $12,000
Would you be content with that
margin of profit in your business?
This and many other interesting and instructive
facts are shown in our 1919 Year Book, which will be
sent on request. Address Swift & Company, Union
Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois.
The figures quoted in this advertisement
are certified by Arthur Young & Company,
Certified Public Accountants, Chicago, 111.
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Florence Local Branch, 56 Barrington St.
W. B. Tyson, Manager
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CITATION NOTICE
numerous bills, including the revenue
bill. Labor unrest also will be
brought to his attention though it is
■ onsidered doubtful whether the pres
ident will be able to attend a confer
ence of governors in New York, be
ing arranged by the department of
labor ta consider unemplayment.
Announcement that the president
wcttld remain in this country only
one week led some members of con
gross to say they believe no extra ses
sion would be called until after Mr.
Wilson concludes his work in Europe
Senate advisers of the President will
"rge that congress be summoned
about May 15.
Despite stormy weather encounter
>d by the George Washington in the
’ast two days, President Wilson has
not been prevented from keeping in
touch with affairs here, as the execu
<lve offices received several wireless
messages from bis today.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Florence
By H. A. BRUNSON, Probate Judge
WHEREAS, Miry Williams hath
made suit to me, to grant unto het
Letters of Administration of the tes
tate of and effects of Martha Wilson.
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite
and admonish all and singular the
kindred and Creditors of the said
Martha Wilson, deceased, that the>
be and appear before me, in the
Court of Probate to be held at Ftor
ence, S. (’., on Feb. 20 1919 next af
ter publication thereof, at 11 o’clock
in the forenoon to show cause, of
any they have, why the said Admin
istration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 5th
day of Feb., Anno Domini, 1919.
H. A. BRUNSON
Judge of Probate
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