Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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** ^ ^ Lit The Little Rock Graded School Is * going to keep abreast in the Advance ment that is taking place in schools generally over the state. The past year has been a highly successful one in the history of the school and although on account of the t>revalece of the Influenza Epidemic, attention has been confined largely to the regular routine of school activities, the year has been one of the best in the history of the school. One hundred ten pupils have been enrolled and a large per cent, of these have been in regular attend aiice, with the assistance rendered | under the new compulsory attendance law. A tenth grade was added to the regular school work and hereafter the school course will cover ten grades instead of nine. An excellent literary society, meeting every two weeks and conducted hy the pupils, has given fine results in training the pupils in reading, reciting and the proper forms of procedure. The iarger girls have an hour and a half each week for domestic science and the whole school has from time to time enjoyed delicacies prepared in the cooking room by this class. An enthusiastic sewing class composed of the girls from the lntermediate grades has met at the same time that the cooking class was in session and these junior seamstresses have vied with the cooking class in the excellence of their work. While the o>irla have h?nn rnnlrlne and sewing the larger boys, under the 1 - Supervision of the principal, have had: a regular weekly cleanup of thel BC grounds and attended to keeping the' ^ desks and other parts of the building' in repair. In addition to this the boys have taken turns keeping water in the septic tanks ajid once each week formed a bucket brigade and given these tanks a thorough flushing out. Athletics occupies the greater part of the noon recess and the basket ball court and athletic field have been used throughout the year as much as weather conditions permitted. The largest sggjal gathering of the year at the scuool building was held just preceeding the Christmas Holidays and was featured by a Christmas tree for the schol children a and an oyster supper and cake walk. The co-operation of the community was shown only by the crowded auditorium but by the financial success that attended this entertainment. In a voting contest for the most popular lady in the cofnmunity, one cake brought about four hundred seventy -five dollars. This together with the proceeds of the oyster supper and the sale of home-made candy by the girls of the cooking class, made quite a nice sum to be used in improving r the grounds. Several hundred dollars worth of additional playground equipment has already been ordered and will soon be installed. Improvement of the grounds has been the * aim set by the School Improvement Association for this year. Previous to the Christmas entertainment a drawing was held in each' class room among the pupils, each pupil was to put a present on the Christmas tree for the one whose name was drawn. The names drawn were not to be disclosed and while each pupil was thus Insured of getting a present, the uncertainity as to whom the present was to come from added greatly to the zest and pleas^ ure that attended the occasion. The colored school here has been making great progress also and the attendance, by far the largest in the history of the school, has been so large that the trustees have decided to erect a nice new building before the opening of the next session. Great credit is due the colored citizens of this community for the efforts that they have put forth In getting this - movement for a new building under ' way and over fifteen hundred dollars ^ batr been raised by the friends and patrons of the school. This supplemented by state and county aid insures the erection of as fine a colored school building as can be found in the county. The Boardof Trustees of the Little Rock School District, which board is composed of three of the most progressive young men of the state, is planning for great forward steps for next year. The splendidly, equipped school building, one of the best in Dillon County, does not need improvementt but an extra class room will be equipped with modern school apparatus and an extra teacher will be added and the pupils will be given an opoprtunity to take music. .v..}'r- - - :. '-'i ?* ' -. v> ' " 'j' $*?$? > Isp \^vV;'-y' : '.'a Y* &'?;*&%$ - ' * v-.-i'. y --' tie Rock Graded Sc Oakland School News. The scholastic year 1919-1920, hai been the most prosperous in the his tory of the Oakland school. We en rolled 105 pupils, ana in spite* ol epidemics, we had an average attendance of about 75. The people of the community art beginning to realize the real valut of a good school and have voted bonds, by which means they expect tc erect a modern brick school building When it is completed, the old school building will be converted into a "teacherage" which will be one ol the most up-to-date homes of the kind, in the county, will be converted into a "teacherage' which will be one of the most up-todate homes of the kind, in the county. A movement is also being agitated to erect a modern school building for the negroes of the Oakland and Harlee districts. During the past year the Improvement Association gave the following entertaiuments: 1. A Community Meeting 2. "A Singing Skete Exhibition Concert." 4. Oyster suppef. 5. Chicken Bog. The money raised by these entertainments, will be spent in seating the auditorium of the new building The school closes May 7th. The following closing exercises have been arranged: Wedensday night: Miss McGirtr Music Pupils will give a public recital. Thursday night: Miscellaneous program, exercises by entire school, s Friday: The annual school picnic Address. Friday morning by Rev. J. J. McSween of Rowland, N. C. Carrie Belle Schofleld, Prin. o Dillon County Sanitation. When the final accounting of the scholastic year of 1919-1920 has been If.L 1 TM11 A 111 u . accuiupiiBneu; jjiuuu v^uumy win ue one of the foremost counties of the state and will be first in sanitation Qualifications. Dillon County through the uceasing efforts of Mr. R. S. Rogers and Miss M. McLees, is the only county in the entire state of South Carolina that affords its school children protection against typhoid fever( hookworm and other . intestinal diseases. ( This has been accomplished by providing sanitary privies at each of the schools.J The work of building these privies was started last fall and the final one completed in February after many disheartening ocurances. Now each school has two sanitary privies Kll n AA*?<1inr* A Vi a nlortn nrt/1 unrln* uuuv awiuuig iu iuc yiaito anu uuuci the direction of the State Department of Health. These privies are of the L. R. S. or septic type. The tanks are built of concrete and covered with substantial new houses of pine. Each house can be locked and maintained immaculate with little effort. Perhaps a word as to thG operation and maintenance of these privies wil be enlightening. The principal upon which the tank operates was developed by three officers of the United States Public Health Service. They found by experimentation that if the bacteria present in the body discharges were afforded an opportunity, they would further act upon the discharges and liquify them. By building a tank and providing enough dilution water, these privies were found to be practically self-cleaning. Next by providing a suitable outlet of tile pipe near the surface of th eground, further bacterial purification was ac compli hed. The tanks will onlj operatewhen they are taken care of They are not "fool proof" but verj nearly so. The requirements of operation are simple. Each day thri each seat opening or urinal a bucket ?10 quarts or 2 gallons?of watei should be forcibly poured. This is Qhcnliitolv pccpntifil fnr if it is nol done putrifaction wil lset in and dis agreeable ordors and a nuisance re suit. Only tissue toilet paper of tht best grade should be used as this grade will be dissolved more easily If a mat should form over the liquic surface, it should be broken up. This is easiest done by forcibly pouring th( water in each day. Do not allow tin floor or seats to become soiled. It ii best to swee pout the privies ant .A petition, which has been circulat ed to vote on five more mills, whicl it is estimated will take care of extn expenses for the next year, has me with such hearty cooperation as t< make certain that this measure wil be passed. The tax-payers of thi: school district have always showi their willingness to finance thei school. W. L. Globe, Prin. r : 3 ' H?hhbk|HHM^H ' ?' ' < "' BBKWM^: BHhISb^BHHH EfiwHBlBBBBEaM * ?* HNnKflKSSl 1*^ MM m hool | add the water at the close of each s day.' Don't allow trash and litter to .'accumulate in the privy as it will . render it objectionable to use. The \ seat covers should be kept closed to . prevent flies from getlng into the tank. Should the seats become soil? ed a little soap and water will easi y > cleanse them. The seats are of the t best type obtainable and if they be> come broken they should be fixed. At the end of the school term or [ the start of a lengthy vacation, it ( is necessary to add from 20 to 30 j bucketsof water to each tank to pro . viae lor evaporation ana continuance of operation over the unattend1 ed period. The privy should be swept . out, the seat covers closed and the . doors locked so that no one will use them. If the privies are located near [ some dwelings or in a town it is > good to add some kerosene to each . privy. About a quart will suffice. This will keep the mosquitoes from . breeding in the tanks. In the fall : when school staTts the privies should be cleaned up as well as the school houses. Agai n20 to 30 buckets of . water should be added to each privy. If excessive evaporation has taken place it' may be necessary to fill the tank again with water. After adding . the water, add a cake of yeast or 3 ; or 4 shovelfull of well rotted ma, nure. This will start the bacterial i action anew. Remember if any bad odor results from the tank, it is due to not enough water being added in i the right way. The schools of Dillon County have blazed the way. They have pioneeri ed and the people of the county will . profit by their example. Any of the . people of Dillon desiring information 'as to the construction oi these privies .or similar ones for their own home or other methods of sewage disposal can obtain the information by writing to the State Board of Health at i Columbia. E. L. Tilby, C. E. i ? o i Oh! Spring. i You are not Spring, you ugly thing That comes with sighs and tears; ' | The grass don't spring, birds don't 11 As they did in other years. . Cheap counterfeit, you clammy cheat, [ You creep beneath my quilt and sheet ; To numb my bones and chill my meat And freeze the chilblains on my feet. [ [ What have we done to grieve the sun - That he won't smile on us, i But almost due his course he'll run And leave us in this muss? . Good old time spring please preen s your wing > And fly to us right now; . Birds know not how their song to ' _ sing. Oh come and teach tnem now ' I. E. I. o Snake Skln Gown for Society Girl. Atlanta, Ga., April 30.?Just when it was predicted that freak feminine j fashions and daring gowns had reached the extreme limit in Atlanta, a pretty society girl raised the limit by appearing at a party dazzlingly garbed in a clinging gown made from the skin of a boa constrictor. | It was literally a snakeskin dress, the broad skin being wound tightly 'around the slender figure, over a 'slinging foundation of colored silk. The snakeskin has been the property of the young lady's family for some time and bung as a decoration over the library mantle until the young lady conceived the daring idea of using it as a decoration for a modj ern gown. t 0 r Newspapers Hard Hit. I t) The New York World of Saturday - carried a full page advertisement [from the New York Evening Journal, i which is probably Mr. Hearst's most 3 important newspaper property, an. nouncing an increase in price to three I cents. Some time ago the Evening j Joural doubled its price, jumping ; from one cent to two cents. It ani onunces that the increased cost of 3 publication forces it to make another i raise now. Most of the other afterInoon ewspapers in New York are .still two cents but it is probable that "jthey will have to follow the Evening ^Journal's example. White paper in II the open market is worth six times t[as much as it was a comparatively 5, short time ago. The price is still ris1 ing and it is hard to get. All over Sjthe country newspapers are jumping i rates to meet soaring costs. In Der troit last week the papers made fifty per cent increase'!. ; IS IS SI S1SIIS IS ESS IS I i? ? ml 11 1 (21 IXJ a a i is I a I On Ci IS 1 a IS ? 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