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r COUNTY SCHOOL EDITION Section Two ] She IttUm imtli. [ Section Two | ESTABLISHED 1804. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20. 1920. VOL. 24. NO. 37*.. '5 ADULT EDUCATION IN DILLON COUNTY The year '15-'16 saw the first adult work ever attempted in the schools of Dillon County. Three were established in different sections of the County and were taught three nights in the week for six weeks by the regular tachers. The remuneration was very small for their services. The results were splendid; so good, indeed, that since then fifteen other schools of like nature were held and men and women of varying ages were taught to read and write. In the short time that the schools ran, what each individual felt was most needed, was stressed. Reading< writing, and *figgering" were most sought af* ter. One old lady wanted to learn to read so she could.use the explar.ationson her patterns in sewing. She and her son went to school together. After a number of these schools, commencements were held and they were truly inspirations for more and greater night school work. Medals were awarded and the joy and pride they brought to the winners w^re wonderful to behold. In the year 1916, a parade was arranged Field Day with a float from each school. One of these floats represented a night school anj was drawn by the night school men. Were they ashamed that they were the men who bent over their childish tasks night after night? Not so, rather were they proud that they were the men who had used opportunity when opportunity presented it self and were saying so to the thousands of people who saw them parade through Dillon's streets. One of these men was heard to say that he woul^ not take a thousand dollars for what he learned and he started| in the Primer. Last summer when the "Lay By" Schools were fighting their noble fight against illiteracy. Dill n County felt that on account of the tobacco crop, such schools could not bo h<id ^ in the rural districts. Some work * was done though during the campaign. A teacher was p aced in each of the two mill villages for the month of August. Ninety two were enroll-j ed, fifty four being taught to reach and write. Individual work was done also at this same time throughout the County. Besides the fundamenrtals, Domestic Science was taught also So much has been accomplished in the work, that it wa sdecided to put on special all time teachers during the months of January and February.' Seven of these teachers were em-j ployed. In four other communities, the day teachers held classes three; nights in the week. Quite a number or toe men wanted to team to divide, and to see them struggling over this with untiring zeal was a lesson to every man and woman in this State who could help with this warfare for kowledge and was not doing so. i The work with the all time teachers was both day and night. At night, they met with all who could come to the school building for two hours; the beginners thrte times a week and the more advanced twice. In the day, they went to the homes of as many as found it impossible to get out at night, hoping in this way to reach all. 9 The following clippings from the, ^ reports of the special teachers will give to the public an insight into the work. They will show the crying need for workers where men and i women in this home land are yearn- : ' ing for enough education to read their Bibles or write to their absent children. This is their birth right i as American citizens. < "These are very interesting people i to teach and seem quite anxious to . learn. The men are all farmers and profess to be dreadfully handicapped by their inability to "flgger", as they express it. The women want to be taught "letter writing'' and "spell- ( ing". I have not been able to get them out to school at night on ac- , count of the little ones, so I go to the homes to teach them. Most of my pupils are interested in their school work. One mother who had , learned to road and write since I , came told me a few davs ago that she , wa3 so excited over knowing how to spell and read that sh? went to bed repeating her spellin lesson and woke next morning still spelling. These men and women ranging in tlf, v 111/111 i v? v ? i ? w ml v an effort to accomplish that which , they lot.ej to get in youth ami I feel that it is quite a privilege to he nuin- ' y bered among the workers who are helping in the light against illiur- , f. acy." 2. "The adult schools are run along the same lines as other :chouls, j except that we nec ssarilv have to 4 leave off a great many frills that usually go along with first ami second i reader classes. "I.il'e is real, life is eat nest" to the nicht leurtur. We have to make every minute coup*. We travel a straight Knmati road that is i labeled Three It's with jits' etiotgh fun, biography, illustrative anecdotes and pleasantries thrown in to make i the pupils feel that though the e may be no royal road to learning, there is certainly '.in interesting and worth traveling one. To me the most interesting fea ture of this work, aside fro:n the gratification of seeing nightly i-npromevent?is the pupils' reasons for coming anj the unexpecteJ ideas and purposes to which they sometimes give expression. When 1 met my ciarss the first time, my oldest pu pil said. "I am going to learn to sign my checks in a running hand, i'll gladly come for two months just to learn this one thing.' This desire ha? be ngratified and many more, and notwithstanding the fact (hat ha is forty on? years young and the father of a large family, he has already secured a teacher to coach him after night school is over?for he wants to go to college. My oldest matron has seen a half century go by. She could read very well and write and spell some, but figures to her were a sealed book. She is striving to learn. she fays, that she may help four little children and be able to dir<ct their studies intelligently. Who could fin^ a b iter reason? Last week I asked how they wculd like to organize a club to bring themselves together after school. Not any too much enthusiasm was manifested until one young man said, "I have a suggestion to make. We want you to come back and teach us in August. Eight of us are willing to give you five dollars a month and you would have to teach only three night, a Week. V/e think you could live on this?we hope so." Knowing how little money these boys have to call their own?for they are still in their teens?the offer was a princely one and the compliment one I shall always cherish. Another feature of the work is my "step class". They are above the third grade, but wished to learn arithmetic, reading, and spelling. I enrolled them with the understanding that I would give them only such lime as I could spare?the crumis, as it were that fell from the children s table. I wouldn't be wi hout this class now for anything. They are working its hard as the others for attendance buttons. The trustees too must come in for a wor(i of apreciation. Without their advice and assistance we would be like ships without rudders. They do not quite qualify for jeife^t attendance buttons, bet they ctrta'nly do for perfect co-operaion. We a'-e planning now for our commencement?for no rc-al school closes without public exercises. If willingnos to take part is any sign i>f fjturo greatness or progioss, 1 am sure that befor long, this school will be heard front.'' 3. "When I was sent to begin worl*, t';e trustees told me lhat Jty coming was of in use, for they were confident that not ev u oi.e person would attend such n school They said 'hat they Uew tha there were a few illiterates and near i'diu rates iu the district but no one could reach them they .were sure. However, in spite of this discouragement, 1 made a canvass of the district the following iiay and told of the school f'r adult3 aiij of the community m e i.?g to be held at the school house the next night. Two of the trustees were with n:e when th0 canvass was made; and by the tune we had linishcd it, (hey were thinking differently about rcvdp.iI things. They realized tl at the -cho >! was going to b>- \ery popular. They found that there were not a few but many w ho n ed< J to ao and they believe] that those vh? n edtcl to go were going. Oer cuiniittn Uy in t?tin?r was a r.io.-t entlni ir.siie on . Then were '.bout lii'ty jcopc invent. ar.d the meet!ti" must have In i n \?i . in piri> e for every on; *va- So iti.e-evted afterwards iM tlio v.oil: <<: tin- s In < '. A e!a--s of women came hi the afternoons and a -'.'ass of men at right. Some n* "e meu *v o ?amo evcty night wo: a tie* lin:ib-t t> iv.tcn st? d in the vein ol. One olu n an told me that k,> did aot waDt to come, for he dij not want tue to know how little in' km w, and the frst night he wa- ri^it nervous, but afurwardr. he < njoyed i? thoroughly. Another told me one n<ght during the second week of school that he ' ':: : :: \ :'' ::; : * '< : : . % J: y rfm ?& JH 9K^p|Y KgH&gaBHU MKiflHjH .... ,. * ': ' ^ * .;. . .;-, FLOYDALE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. c'jd not believe that a school like (hat would be worm r-uyt' lng to any O'lf as old as h- y, tor he raj not l.?licved that they could learn. lie said, however, that new he would always work for a school like that for it was the best thing that had ever 'come to such people as they were. He was so proud of his first figures, J that he would sit and look at them and say over and over, "The first 'figgers' I ever made! Who would'er thought I could'er done it?" All of the beginners were so interested in their names, and were so proud of their being able to write them with-( out a copy. Besides the reading, writing, spell . V; i 1 f t " FART OF Kfi^roHBBBH^H^H|^HBSx^5?K tttf&wm$yW$? FORK ADULT ing, and arithmetic, we studied the Sunday School lesson one night out of the week; and the clasaes learned most of the Twenty Third Psalm and several quotations from the classics. I have never seen such enthusiasm over any kind of school work as these people showed, and it was a real joy to work with them." ' 4. "I am in ? tiny mill villape away from the county seat and al <WNr~~-.-yv,vw Ip -.y. . . ^ . / ...A /. ... , / iii| >: f ^ "? :.>*? ?'?'?>ir?.ww . > > ' /. .<($$/> <jSiS]x. & ' * ;* W V s! HHHif I3?i28&S8^:?:* <?? ?tsi- :<: ?'. ' K WW '':: ?w??fe ,:&& 'M,:- , -y > waMivi. fr +& >. : ' : 1? 7m^ ^ 2* '-**-- ?r'- v v: v: f HMBBBMBBgtfr::: m W&x MBit ' Hpsfw ^^5 ^' v f.1 ~ v *WI, TOffi48&? ?ym-ag "-1 * "*11 HL &&J? 1 wHHkHB8*&^*z~z -' t\ ' ,< ^ w Jp?^ 01 ai ^ ^ 0' jC{ m D y( ij in W W Hi C( most a mile from the station. I have 1 ^ enrolled thirty seven pupils, forming the minto two classes, beginners and more advanced.' Three evenings a week are spent with the be- t) ginners and two with the more ad- n vanned class. On Saturdays, I in'struct any who come for work on ,j Sundajs, I toach pupils in Sunday (1 School. In the afternoon. I me.'t the j( women who can leave their homes an hour or two and then go to the homes of those whose babies prevent j] them from coming. I, One mother who could read fairly ^ , well, could not write one word. Now 0 sne is writing to family, friends, and1,, her teacher?wonderful perservance: L i c __________ C SCHOOL. ' - I" , "Writin* sure do save tickets on tne f< train and makes you feel nearer your < folks somehow.' ' _ I \\ ! I find after several weeks workjt here, that many books are being read il at home, wives are teaching their 1 < husbands and I believe the ground! is at least being broken for a great i harvest in the future. I I By far the most appreciative pupil : I here is a young mother who lias had ,tw0 weeks' instruction. We work li I two hours or more every afternoon ii I I . >%?.{ ':'. .;!;i ^ X .k > ' ^ ; ' '"'* : - ' 7 : ^' ' j&pjr **# :> : a JN^N . . V f .-r\ * ' |v : 0* . / &I&': ; ' IH^ ' THE ADULT SCHOOL AT HAM EH M ?this woman can "write her name di rell?with character, make her let- pi prs and figures, knows how to ineas- si re goodsi spells seventy five words, b< nd has read forty pages in her read- 'ti r. Two weeks ago, she did not in now a word. It is her chance and ct he has learned how to use it. She m nows the "taste of knowledge" and it ; going to get all she can. "I don't'bt ant my children to outlearn me too ir", she says. . C: vc The sentiment of the people is vt learly shown in the above clipings.p w i the few schools we ran in January in nd February, four hundred and fif- tli r one were enrolled, ninety of whom in ere taught to read and write. This es ork has a deep meaning, for as ne of the ninety said, "you are fo pening up a new life to me". We tli ope that this is only the beginning Di f a wonderful campaign for a liter- so te Dillon County. We appeal to gi /ery citizen of the County for their ex )-operation. Soon there will be a lu ill for a "sign your own name'' > icvement to the signers of the emocratic Club Roll. See to it that )ur school district comes out one undred per cent. strongf that no sa an has to touch the pen.' The ans- of ering of this call together with your io hole hearted end avor in the fight gainst- illiteracy is a privilege acp ot Jidej you. Will you help? re Mamie McLee^ o ar lillon County Federation of Women's Clubs. : of in The spirit of the community bet- tli ruieni had taken a deep root i? the tii tiuds of our women, so in l'Jla, some wi ne conceived the idea of bringing m le individual clubs together in or- cc et that all might benefit. The Di!- e> in Civic League agreed to issue a re ill for all clubs to send representa-! ves to meet at the County Court S( loust. on a certain Saturday in Octo- ti< er. As a result, iii'ten delegates. 'fc.'c present and the Federation was sli rganized. The growth has been oi larvelous and has far exceeded the th xpectations of all concerned. Mrs. E.1 tu . Major of Latta was elected the w rst president. She was succeeded o\ y Mrs. Clarence McLaurin of Min- gi urn, who in turn was followed by le Irs. R. P. Hamer of Hamer, Mrs. L. th ottingham of Dillon was elected the nsuing year and is now president of in lis organization. We meet twice a b( ear in various sections of the County at k'e discuss topics relating to home, gi L'hool, and community. We have qi een instrumental in bringing about' luch legislation that has proved ben- is ficial to the county at large. We sc ontribute $100.00 yearly to the State 01 ,oan Funj and expect hereafter to lit eep one of our own county daugh- a lTs in school somewhere. Of the bt iitv three clubs that compose this'oi rpanization. The aims and reports es t the meetings have been an inspira- Ci ion to all to do better. The topics | iscussed by able speakers of our wn state and North Carolina have A ive food f?r thought to many of us.'A From a mere handful this body of Ai oble women has grown until it now ii; ften numbers four and five hudred D ith a goodly sprinkling of interest- LP d men. lit' Words are inadequate to express Ci lie far-reaching results and untold CI ood accomplished by our Federation Cl lirough co-operation. We have had Cl he unbounded support of teachers, CJ reachers. County Supt. of Education Cl upervising Teacher, and Demonstra- C< ion Agents. A desire to attend these I) ieetings has reached the remotist D orners of every district and we have L)< niin.l ?n? f mi i-r n lent' of I he clover Ei ailed, "Love" and through this our J-' ork for humanity, unselfish and 1 rue; \ve've also found in many hearts lli lit. love!: ? works where this four G af clover grows. G Mrs. John HargroveT'-1 U ,et South Carolina Secede from 111i- j; teracy. Do Your Hit. ]. The State Department of Kditca- ].; ioM ojul The Illiteracy Commission L; it end to wage an intensive campaign j.i . ? la .M ,.M .\i ...... .. Ui Ul PI K - .< . lljl . . - . ::pkm -:". . -; | M ''yy^wHB j 4 ILL. j As lUing the next two months for dhfc* jrpose of teaching every voter in theate to write his name. If this i& ta 2 accomplished we must have the acve support of every literate voter i the State, therefore it is most ne- ? tssary that each County Convention, n only pledge cooperation but give . An> assistance you can give will ; genuinely appreciated. The true governing body of Souttx irolina is the State Democratic Condition. In the forty six County Con>ntions to be held May 3rd there ill be expressed the governing options that will direct the State for ic ucai i?u jctii?. l lie ;iu^um prt" ary will simply be the individual ;pression of these views. The enclosed resolutions are sent r your examination, in the hope iat they may be considered by your emocratic County Convention. Per nally and officially, I shall be ateful for any view you may care to ipress or any cooperation you may ilp to secure. Yours respectfullyt J. E. Swearingen, State Supt. of Education. WHEREAS, education is the best feguard and the surest guarantee Democratic government and Anieriin institutions; and WHEREAS, the rules of the Deniratic Party ad the Law of the State quire the signing of the club roll each voter in order to safeguardL id protect the primary; and WHEREAS, too large a percentage these signatures in 11)14, and again 1!)1G were marked with a crose, ereby indicating a lack of founda011 training among the voters ell as fundamental weakess and gleet in our public school system uiditions which ought not to have listed and which can and should be. inedied: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RETJLVED by the Democratic Conven011 of the County, l?QT That nvorv u'hito honin/iroh lould be able to write bis own name 1 'he roll of his local club in order at the minimum number of signa.-ires may have to be signed otheruse. Every voter unable to sign his vn name and read his own ballot lght to be given an opportunity to> arn how to read and write before te end of 1920. SECOND, That the public schooi lprovement of recent years needs to ; strengthened by the immediate loption of an aggressive and pro essive policy of free, universal adejate education. THIRD, That every school district # hereby urged to increase its local hool tax or to vote such a tax at ice. The State should provide nio?eberal appropriations to guarantee minimum term of seven months., itter salaries for teachers, and thorighly modern and efficient schools,, ipecially in the country, a. Enrolled No. Percent- Yr. Making tage Marks bbeville 2,707 357 13.2 1914 iken 4,533 1,011 22.2 1914 nderson 8,400 1,902 22.6 1914 am berg 1,533 165 10.8 1?1C> arnwell 2,673 346 12.9 1916 eaufort . 789 36 4.6 1916 erkeley ilhoun 1,046- 86 8.2 191G barleston iierokee 3,080 754 24.5 1916 Hester 2,410 345 14.3 1916 Hester held 3,863 1,091 28.2 191G larendon 2,156 371 17.2 1910 idlecton 3,060 439 14.3 1910 aldington 3,500 432 12.3 191C illon 2,420 027 25.8 1916 oichestcr 1,783 271 15.2 1916 dgeiiold 1,722 155 0.0 1916 airiii'ld lurtnce 4,418 804 18.2 101ttorgetown 1,008 337 20.2 1910 rvviivillu 10,825 2,302 21.8 1016 leenwood 3,238 338 10.4 1916 iUm>lon 1,800 350 10.4 1014 1,2 00 880 20.8 1916 isper 5 83 75 12.0 !!'!?? t l'slwiw 2,580 04'" 24.0 10 14 HK'ustiT 2,000 <i>2 2o.2 I "I** uiiviis 4,305 700 17.3 i'M?. l'e xingtou 4,805 820 17.3 lUlr ariou 2.15 1 305 10.0 1916 arlburo 2,070 077 25.4 1916 i\vberr\ 3, 170 4 55 13.1 19115 iuiiee 007 1014 raugeburg 1,870 697 14.3 1916 i.ki-ns 4.211 007 23.0 lOlt u bland 0,872 703 11.1 1016 tluda 2,220 320 14.4 1916 atiunbui'g 11,210 2.7! 2 24.0 1916 inter 2,501 354 13.8 1014 niwn 3,343 045 10.3 191 1 illiuiusbiirg 2,488 4 1!' 10.8 1916 :?rk 1,715 011 10.4 1916 1'roin K? i?ori ot finite .Sui?ennmi' iit of I'Mucaiion. "A.s e.?.^enli'.il iu ehararter loimujii I" lit,. \v?'ltar?- ol rii?- Ann-twai: "pin, and t<? l li?* promoiion of ..i uuma! haldi, \w ihal the j?i? . national prorrain ot thrill u i in'lion. and iho sale ol Thrill .mm' ar Savinu-! Stamps lioeomo a |? ' iM'iit pari i>! ill,, public school pro ! ll< - ?> 1 >1! | a II adopted I > I ' t , 11 I rii'lll < !' Slip*'! ill!'-nil* III :P National Kdncalion Assoc tut lor ; r- !i 1, 1!'! p. h !.a In .'ii aid thai J!i? Sou* I- ' a i a Si'liool Impro\ tti? rit x ./.ci:? ms lure n-ml'i.it the hi.h -i t\p'udumnry co-operation l"i* 'I 11 "! ? dm-aiion. School-- in South rolina hav0 .! ;. lop.d in |?>1 coinmunity improvement nniy conscious plans ami in state In undertaking; and in ?*nrl) delopment the School Improvement social ions havt. pla>cd heir pnrC