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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1927
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Dr. A. E. Winship, noted editor and dered every
educator of Boston, who visited Lau-J consolidation was
rens county schools fon-a week besrin- B^if^*Hughes aid could be secured,
nin* September 24, has written the | The one notable achievement de
following impressions of his Visit tp J serving intense emphasis is the fact tardiness. A child is never late for the
the county.- Editor. I that It* small schools have been merg- .bus, which means that he is never late
ed in exceptionally grood consolidated for school. This has a large cash val-
* was a group of people of his age.
Attendance is much more regular
in a consolidated school than in a
small school. Whenever a pupil is ab
sent for a few days it tends to retard,
the rest of the school for the teacher
j tries to bring the one who has been ab-
the county if sent up to standard which inevitably
complete that | means that it-brings the general, level
dowib——
Consolidation practically eliminates
1 went to Ijiurens County, South
Carolina. September 26-30, to see
whart intelligent, progressive, cour
ageous?' county leaders can do in the
face of inherited traditions.
ue for all irregularity is financially
expensive since the teacher does less
for all the children when he has to
do more for che at a time.
The bugbear of consolidation is “the
schools which gives ground for hope
that the 43 small schools now handi
capping the preparation for life of the
childen in those districts can at no
distant date offer all children in the
I realized that schools are no longer i county the best advantages of educa- cost.” One of the latest utterances
primarily for the teaching of school tion. .. I of a champion of consolidation says,
subjects. I have lived through the! No small school in Laurens county; “The great hindrance to consolidation
years in which it was considereu of has anything approaching that of the is the cost and there is no way to
prinwJSJhportance that children .-hould smallest consolidated school in equip- dodge that argument. We must edu-
be thorough in the subjects tha. their mem of any kind. No child in a small cate the people to make the sacrifice.”
parents were thorough in. j school has any such opportunity as We have no patience wiht that enti-
Vhat *vej y child has in the consolidated ; mont. We need to educate the cham-
1 have heard fathers say,
was good enough for me in 11)00 is seh 'ols of the county,
good enough for my son in 11)27,” tut ^ none of the small schools do the
that man would rather ,die than to ^ Idren have as good seats and desks
drive an ox cart to town and if his as all children have in consolidated
wife should dress this year as she -lid uhools.
in his courting day^ he would sue for In no small School does any child
divorce. -have as good charts, maps, reference
pion of consolidation on this matter of
cost.
We must educate the champions of
consolidation and everyone to prorate
the cost over all the years that u con
sol idatron-plafit is in use.
Of all stupid ignorance none is quite
I had no interest in what is being
taught in any grade nor in how any
subject is being taught. 1 ca.ne to
see the school districts trying to cre
ate Americans in an automobile age,
in a hydro-electric age.
1 know all about what schools of
education and teachers’ colleges say
and write. I had to see progressive
educational leaders in a county in
books and library books as every' child as idiotic as the phrase that unless
has in the consolidated schools.
It is impossible for any child in an
ungraded room to concentrate thought
on study when other children are re
citing in other subjects.
In a district with from ten to twen-
we pay for a school building today
we are passing the cost on to the fu
ture.
As long as the future uses a school
building the future should pay for its
use of that building.
There is not a first class consoli-
ty families there is liability, almost
a certainty, that some families will 1 dated school buildipg in America that
be over-interested in the unsatisfac-' will not be used for fifty years and
which traditions have had devoted i tor y features of the school and teach- be in good condition for the fifty
champions for a century. I had rea- t er w hile in a consolidated district, years,
son to think that Laurens county had w *th four times as many families, the, If that school building is paid for l
been .the best traditionally and was I tendency is to appreciate the best fea- 1 in bonds maturing in twenty years*
the best in trying to be the best in | tures. i those who use that building the other
progress in the last half of the third* When a child is extra good in a 30 years are dead beats; they are us-
decade of the 20th century. j small school there is not more than * n K what really belongs to those who
I visited every significant comma- one or two in his class and the com- paid for it in 20 years.
nity, met the leading business and pro- ’ petition has no significance, while in
fessional men, visited every high ; a consolidated school, when there are ,
school, nearly every consolidated ele-i four or five times as many competi- \ fifty years, he better not try to dodge
mentary school, and several two-room tors, superiority has large signifi- paying interest on it after 20 years.
If a man borrows money from a
bank, agreeing to pay for the loan in
schools. I had every opportunity i
could desire tot know Laurens county.
I saw nothing that justifies any
cance.
Consolidation always increases at-
When a great office building, bank
building or railroad station is built
criticism in teaching or in discipline. ‘ W ant to start to school at an ear-
The one notable achievement that I, ]i er ajfe w hen there is a daily bus ride
have ne\er seen dpne anywhere else j n view and they go to school more
was the vocational work in the hign years. A boy or girl who is the only
school at Gray Court-Owings. ^ p erson i n a small school with lit-
This prompts me to say that some tie people leaves school two or three
such community service could be ren-! years earlier than he would if there
tendance about fifty'per cent. Chil- th * inc01 » e f , rom that ^ ui ' din 8 is
Charter No. 8041
ured over a long period of years-. No
body ever puts the cost of a plant
into the expense account, that is an
investment of years. We have been
stupid enough to let these bluffer!
bluff the voters in this matter.
Build a consolidated school plant
for $50,000 for 200 children. In 50
; years that building will have cost $1,-
Let us suppose that the
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
Reserve District No. 5 000 a year.
interest would have been another $1,-
, 000 a year. That will mean $2,000 a
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
AT CLINTON, IN THE STATE OE SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS ON OCTOBER 10, 1927.
! RESOURCES
1 Loans and discounts, including rediscounts, ac
ceptance of other banks, and foreign bills of ex
change or drafts, sold with indorsement of this
bank .7. $432,933.80
Total loans
2 Overdrafts, unsecured
3 U. S. Government securities owned:
a Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds
par value) 100,000.00
b All other United States Government securities
(including premiums, if any) 31,200.00
Total ..;
Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc., owned
Banking House, $14,000.00; Furniture and fix
tures, $650.00 *
Real estate owned other than banking house
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank
Items with Federal Reserve Bank in process of
collection ...^
Cash in vault and amount due from national banks
a
Amount due from State banks, bankers, and trust .
companies in the United States (other than in
cluded in Items 8, 9, and 10
Total of Items 9, 10, and 11 83,435.42
b Miscellaneous cash items
Redemption fund with U. S'. Treasurer and due
from U. S. Treasurer
Other assets, if any
a day per child. It would never cost
the public mort'than ten cents a day
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to provide a child all the expense of
using that building and these grounds.
The fact is, the building will be used
at least 150 days, or thirty weeks,
, which reduces the daily cost.
That school will be used for fifty
432,933.80 ’ years an< ^ t ^ ie cost t ^ le same
1 555 36 P* 1 * whether the plant is paid for
! in ten, twenty or fifty years.
But the real folly is in allowing ;
j anyone to talk of schools on the basis |
! of providing schools to have money. |
i When financiers talk that way it re-:
j minds us of an experience of the Col- *
131,200.00 iorado Fuel & Iron Company when it:
16,566.70' placed to build at Puebh), Colo., the
best hospital in the world for the men ;
injured in their mines and smelting
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19 228 41 i ^ r ‘ C orwin * t " e c nief surgeon, plan-1
' ned to have no stairs, just inclines
everywhere, because to carry' a wound-1
ed man up stairs jolts him every stey
on the stairs.
The architect of the company re
fused to build as Dr. Corwin had
5,705.42 planned and the president of the com-
jpany went from New. York to Pueblo
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14,650.00
24,282.20
53,447.80
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317.18
to settle the matter.
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TOTAL
317.18 '
1 The architect shotfbd what a vast
| expense it would be to increase the t
5,000.00. g j ze Q f t h e b u iidi n g enough to have ’
8,001.86 j inclines everywhere. The president ;
—; turned to Dr. Corwin saying, “He
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LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in.. :
Surplus fund r
a Undivided profits 20,031.35
c L^ss current expenses paid ....j... 4,413.10
Circulating notes outstanding
Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (deferred
credits)
Amount due to State banks, bankers, and trust
companies
Cashier’s checks outstanding
Total of Items 24, 26, and 28 15,532.74
Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub
ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days):
Individual deposits subject to check
State, county, or other municipal deposits secured
by pledge or assets of thfti bank or surety bond
Dividends unpaid ^
Total of demand deposits (other than bank
* deposits) subject to Reserve, Items 29, 31, '
and 33 241,971.91
Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable aft^r
30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and
postal savingsLL . *
Savings deposits (including time certificates of
deposit other than for money borrowed)
Total of time deposits subject to Reserve,
Item 35 ..../. „:v .*....
44Notes and bills rediscounted '■
100,000.00
50,000.00
$749,693.23 . seems to have made out a good case.”
j“Oh, no,” said Dr. Corwin, “he has
made out no case at all. If we are
building this hospital to save money
we should use ladders that will save
ten times as much as to use stairs. , ^
15,618.25 | Tbe president smiled; the architect ||
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234,798.05
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100,000.00 walked out in disgust, but he put in
r ~ r: ~* (the inclines.
8,665.87 i When I hear men talk as though the
I chief business of education is to save '
1,646.99 m one y, I always say, “Use ladders.” j
5 218 88 I * cl° s e m J T study of Laurens county ;
with one impression. The best pos
sible investment—for the boys and
girls, for the country' people, for bus
iness advantages, for health and
wealth, for civic righteousness in Lau-
' rens county is to invest in consolidated
6,936.36 schools, giving to every child vocation-
237.50 a l instructions and scholastic inspira-
,tion.
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209,686.33
Card of Thanks
209,686.33
16,885.00
$749,693.23
TOTAL I
State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, ss:
I, Geo. W. Copeland, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly sweat
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
„ GEO. W. COPELAND, Cashier,
ibed and sworn to before me this 17th day of October, 1927.
(Seal) L. D. McCRARY, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:—B. H. Boyd, L. H. Davidson, G. A. Copeland, Directors.
Editor, The Chronicler
Please allow me space in your pa
per to thank our many kind white
friends who so liberally helped us in
our efforts to build a new church.
Without your hospitality we would
not have' been able to complete our |
church. Also we take this opportunity i
to thank our colored friends in aid-i
ing us in every way they could for its
completion. You may depend upon me
to always follow the examples of Je
sus Christ and to lead my people/to
cooperate in all ways of uplift. /
Respectfully, / I
W. R. Reeder, Pastor,
New Mt. Moriah Baptist c^rch, 1
adv.
Clinton, S. C.
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