The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 25, 1917, Image 2
KXCl'KMON KAKK8
Via Houlhmi Railway Vtom
Camden, s. ('.
WiMliinxtoii, l>. C. flO.W.
Ai-coimi 27<1? Annual 1'nH
ed Confederate Veteran*: ticket* ou
rtnlt* Jan# 2 to ?* with tlnal Itmc
June Jilnt. May In* exlrmltsl t? Juno
0 by paying fee of ftO oenta.
l4ikrt junalunka and Wayneavllle
7.10. Aeeount Chatauqua I'erlod,
Sunday School Hoard, Worker*' Con
ference. Hoard of Mlaalona, Kpworth
l.eague, tickets on aale July lft, Hi,
17. 21. 22. 23, 1!4 and 2ft. Aujruat
2 3 6 10-11 12 13 17 IK and 11). limited
17 davs from date ??f Halo
Kook Hill. N. C. $2.75
A'vnurit NVInthrop College Summer
Sellool; ticket* on aale June IS, 111.
22, July 4, ft. 0 with final limit aAhg.
n, 11* 17.
Na*hvllle, Twin. Slrt.rtfl
Account 12th Annual So**lon Sun
day School Conxreaa I colored t : tick
ets on aale Juno 11. 12 and 13 with
final limit Juno 21. 11)17.
Naahvllle, Twin. $H?.65
Account Peabody College Suinmor
School; tickets on sale June 11, 12 13,
14, 21 aud 22 Jul\ JO, Ul and 20
final limit 1.% days from date of >ale.
Chariot fe.sv ille, Va. $11.05
Account Summer S< tiool University
of Virginia: tickets on sale June 17
to tiiiiil limit lft days from date of
sa le.
Atlanta, (ia. $3.10.
Account International Association of
Itofary Clubs, ticket* on sale June
lft. 10 and 17: limit Jutie 2ft. 1017.
Hlaek Mountain and Kidge ('rent
$0.30. Account Various Itoligious
Assemblies; tickets on sale May 31.
June l 11 12 IS 2:1 22 'Jt and 28. |
July ft 0 13 111 2U 117 30. August 1
0 10 J 4 17 final limit 17 days from
date of sale.
Athens, (ia. $6.20
Account Summer School I'niverslty
of (ioorgla: tickets on sale June 30,
July l 2 3 o lo 10 17 30 with
final limit lft days from date of sale.
Proportionately reduced fares from
other points. For further information
anply to 11s'aI Ticket Agents or com
municate with S. II. McLean, Divis
ion Passenger Agent Columbia, S. C.
Collins Brothers
Undertakers for Colored People
Telephone 41 714 W. DeKalb St.
F. D. C A M P B E L L, Jr.
Cotton Buyer
I desire to notify the farmers of
Kershaw and adjoining counties
that 1 have taken over the interests
of Mayhank & Co.. of Charleston,
cotton merchants, formerly repre
sented here by the late J. 14. Steed
man, and will endeavor to serve the
public In the same etlicient manner
as did my predecessor.
Platform Kmr of Khnme Bros. Store
LOANS
Made on approved country
and city real estate. Long
terms, low interest.
M. M. JOHNSON, Atty.,
Camden, S- C.
NEW
GROCERY
I wish to announce to my
friends and the public that I
have opened a Grocery Store
on Main street in the store
room one door north of the
Pearce-Young Hardware Co.
and will carry at all times a
complete line of staple and
fancy groceries. A share of
your business will be appre
ciated. ^
Respectfully,
R. S. WILLIAMS
Phone 47.
COMPULSORY SCHOOLLAW
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111 am>r<lmi<'? with,Section H of the
following t"0|U|?ttl?ofjr ^ftffyool law, ik?v
ill foroe.ll) tUU St*t<\ it in |?uMI:ihi'<|
Ju'rewliU in <-<?mi>lltuice wfttti tut hi MO I
(ton fur. thv v hih! information
nf jtW jniMtf *
c. w ihrchmohe,
tfupt, of I'MiirtilIon for K??r*hit\v
Couuly. |
AN Uvr TO HKQHKK SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE
Section l He It yiwcted by tho Gen
eral Assembly of the State of South
' Carolina. That from and after tt?e AM
day of .1 itly. on? thousand nip* hun
dred and fifteen, every parent. guard
Ian. or other peraon, temporarily or
permanently residing la the Htnte of
South Carolina, having charge or con*
Irol of a child or children between the
ages of eight ami fourteen years shall
cause mieh child or itiildrcii to attend
the local public school In tho district
In which lie reside^, e^UftUttUfcULXttE
flic entire term of ctuh year. except a*
hereinafter provided. This ihtUmI of
compulsory attendance shall commence
at the beginning of the t**hool term
nearest to the eighth birthday of such
child, and shall cover the compulsory
period of six consecutive school years
thereafter. This |>erlod of compulsory
attendance for each public school Khali
commence at the beginning of Jhc
school term of salt! school, unless oth
erwise ordered by tho County Hoard
of Education In writing; In ease of
town or cities of two thousand or more
inhabitant*., necordlng to the preceding
Federal ceii.-us, by the Hoard of Trus
Ices of the public schools of said towns
or cities with the approval In writing
of the Comity Su|HTliiteudent of Kdu
cation Coiilliim?U:? attendance uim?ii
miiiic other public school, or upo:i romc
private i>r church school taught by
coni|K?tent leathers, may l>e accepted
ii Hen iif attendance u|H?il the local
public school: Provided, That such
jierlod of continuous attendance upon
such other school shall be for at least
as long as the public School term each
year: Provided, further. That any pri
vate school or church school receiving
fur instruction pupils between the ages
.if eight and fourteen years shall be re
quired to keep such records of attend
ance of such children, and to render
such rejH>rts of same as are hereinafter
required of public schools, and attend
ance upon such seh(Mil refusing or ne
glecting to keep such records or ro rrn
der such reports, shall not be accepted
in lieu of attendance upon the local
public school of the said town, city or
district whore the child shall be enti
tled to attend : Provided, further. That
the compulsory school term in all agri
cultural districts shall be four montas.
or the full term If the school run:, less
than four months, said term to be tixed
bv the Hoard of Trustees of such dis
trict; and any child or children not
engaged In work at home In such agri
cultural districts and attending schools
in any town located in such districts.
2. This Act shall not apply In any
case in which the child's physical or
mental condition, as attested t>y any
legally qualified physician before the
Hoard of Trustees having jurisdiction
..f the matter mule.* this Act, renders
his attendance impracticable or inex
pedient ; or in any case In which the
child resides two and one-half miles or
more by the nearest traveled route from
the school house: o." in any case in
which, because of extreme poverty flic
services of such child are necessary for
his own support or the snpjMirt i f his
parents, as attested by affidavit of such
pa-rents and of such witnesses as the
Trustees of the district may require:
or In any case l:i which said parent,
iruardlan. or other person having
charge or control o?* the child shall
show before the Trustees of the ills
frlct by allidavit of himself and of such
witnesses as they may require that the
child is without necessary books and
clothing for attending school, ami that
he is unable to provide the necessary
book. and clothing: Provided, Tl.at
when books and clothes shall have been
supplied by any means whatsoever, the
child shall no longer be exempt from
this provision : Provided, furfher.
That If the child lives two and one
half miles or more from the sc1hm?I
honse, and means of transportation Is
furnished, the said child. If otherwise
eligible, shall be required to attend the
said school under the provisions here
of. and it shall be the duty of the
Trustees of the school to provide, out
of the public school funds, injoks for
the use of such indigent pupil free of
charge. The j?ower of the Hoard of
Trustees to susjiend or expel any pupil
shall not l>e curtailed by this Art, and
children so suspended or exj>elled shall
not be subject to the provisions of this
Act during such period of su>q>ensloii
or expulsion : And. provided, further.
That the Hoard of Trustees of any
school district may excuse temporarily
any child from attendance, good and
sufficient reasons being made to appear
therefor: and In case any child is ex
cused temporarily under the provisions
of this Act, the said Hoard of Trustees
shall reduce to writing the reason:; for
their action, and the time the said child
Is excused.
.'{. Kvery parent, guardian, or other
person in the State of South Carolina
having charge or control of a child or
children between the ages of eight and
fourteen years shall cause such child
to attend scIkmiI as aforesaid : Provid
ed, That occasional absence from at
tendance by said child, amounting to
not more than four (4) uncxcuscd ab
sences in four consecutive weeks, shall
not be unlawful: Provided, further.
That the superintendent, principal, or
teacher in charge of any school may
excuse any child for a temporary ab
sence iMvausc of unusual storm or
bad weather, sickness or death In the
vhlld's family, unforseen or unavoida
ble accident, and such excuse and rea
son therefor shall be recorded by said
superintendent, principal, or teacher in
charge of the school, and rejx?rted to
the Trustees as hereinafter provided :
Provided, further. That In case of pro
tracted illness of any child wnnse at
tendance is required under this Act,
<>r In case of quarantine of the home
in which the child resides, upon report
of the health officer or upon satisfac
tory evidence to this effect, the Trus
tees shall excuse from attendance such
child until he is fully restored to health
or until the expiration of the time
required by law that he shall ntay out
of school after quarantine has l>een
ra Lsed.
?t. Kvery jmrent. guardian, or other
person in the sfato uf South Carolina
^urn? or AontM of* child t>e
iw etui the ag?* Of fourteen and ?lit#
!y##<r*, wlw I* iuH *ctUfllljf. lunular'\
and lawfully engaged lu aome u?efiv!
employment or son lot <*r who v>amt?i
read at sight ami write If^lh'jT |81 tuple
r-Mtcucv. In the r.nK>hh language, h1?aI
cause such child to attend regularly
s<w public school an nfnresaUk, /
5. Any jwreut, guardian. or other
j |M?r?on violating the provisions of th! I
i Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
lauil, upon coavkitluo, ?hall ho liable to I
a lliu? of not less than (wo dqllur.s for
j the llrst nffrnit ami not le>> than ll\>
Cuunty Hoard of Kducathm may orut'i
j dollars for any subsequent orteuse, nor I
more thau twently live dollars lu any
jcnae; ami upon failure or refusal to
11*ay Maid tine said |?art*lit, guardlau, or
other |iersoti shall la> Imprisoned not
to exceed thirty day* in tin* county Jail:
| Provided, that the Hue for any tirst j
offense tuay. hy order of Court, main
the paymeut yf coat, bo sun|>euded and<
not ?-..ii.-. t, .1 .mitt jtJUe wuut~wxi> l
<onvlctcd of a Me<-oini oft'ensc: Pro
[ v|<I(h1, further, That after (DO exptra
tloo of three days from the service of
the not toe hy the Trustee* each am1
| every day n parent, guardlau, or; ritluji !
ernou shall wilfully and unlawfully I
1 keep such child or children from th^
I school, or allow lilm to remain out ot
school shall constitute a separate of
feuse. and shall subject such person to
the jKMialtien hereinafter prescrllied
6. The following duties are Keroh\
devolved upon the Hoard of Trustees
of each school district. They shall take
tlu? census of children between the age.
of m[x and twenty-one years, and shall I
keep the attendance records of theli
districts. It shall lie their duty t> j
take an annual school census during
the calendar months of July and Auk
list, and to furnish eni?h superintend
ent, principal, or teacher in charge ? f
a school with an accurate rejiort of said
census of the district three days before
the oftening of the school, and also tt
furnish at the same time a copy of the
said school census of each district t<>
flic County Superintendent of Edtien
tion ; Provided, That in ease the school
census IS not taken as herein directed,
it shall be the duty of the Count.x
Hoard of ICducatlon so to do, and U
meet the expense out of the funds of
the district. The Board of Trustees
shall serve written, or printed, or part
ly written and partly printed notice
on every parent, guardian, or otlui
person violating the provisions of thi>
Act, and prompt compliance on the par:
of said parent, guardian, or other per
?on is hereby required. Prosecution
under this Act shall be brought lu the
name of the State of South Carolina
before any Magistrate or Kecprder of
any Municipal Court within the limit*
of whose territorial Jurisdiction the
ix-rson prosecuted resides. The Board
if Trustees shall have the right to visit
and enter any ofllce or factory or bus
In ess house employing children for the
purpose of ascertaining the names and
ages of the children employed, to fa
eilitate the enforcement of this Act
When doubt exists as to the age of a
child, they may require of the employer
a properly attested birth certificate or
an atlidavit stating said child's age:
they shall keep an accurate account of
all notices served, of cases prosecuted,
and of all other services performed,
and shall make an annual report of
same on or before July 15th of each
vear to the County Sniierlntendent of
Kducatlon : Provided, further That the
Hoard of Trustees of each school dis-.
trict Is hereby vested with authority to
employ a clerk or clerks whose com
pensation shall not exceed three cents
per capita for obtaining a census for
each school district for each school
it-mi.
7. It shall ho the duty of all suj>er
intcndents. princii?a)s. and teachers to
co-oj>emte with tho Hoard of Trustees
in tlio enforcement <?f the law : to this
end It shall be the duty of the superin
tendent. principal. <>r teacher in charge
>f any school in which pupils between
lie ages of eight and fourteen years
;iro instructed, to keep an accurate re
cord of the attendance of each school
term monthly reports of same to Che
Hoard of Trustees and the (Vanity ?JU
? ?rJntcndent of Education. showing ail
ibsenees, excused and uiiexcused, and
In case of each excused absence, stating
the ivason therefor. Upon the wilful
r negligent failure of any sui*erin
tendent. principal, or teacher in charge
of any school to comply with the pro
visions of this section, the County Su
perintendent of Kdueation shall deduct
from his or her salary for the current
month the sum of five dollars Ix'fore
lpproving the voucher therefor: and in
ca.so of ? second offense on the part
of any superintendent, princiiwil, or
teacher, the County Superintendent of
Kdueation is hereby forbidden to ap
irove the salary warrant of said Hoard,
who may appeal from such action to
the County Hoard of Education, and the
Iceision of the said County Hoard of
Kdueation shall be final.
tf. It sjiall l>e the duty of the Coun
ty Hoard of Education of each county
to cause this Act to be published in
full in some newspaj>er published in
the county, if there is one. and if there
is none, in circular form, :md given
the widest ixwsible circulation at least
four weeks prior to the opeing of the
schools for the sc!h<x>l year, beginning
July first, one thousand nine hundred
and fifteen, and annually thereafter, if
in their 'discretion it seems recessary.
The Hoard of Trustees of any district,
city or town shall give two weeks' pub
lic notice of the date of ojxdng of any
school under their Jurisdiction by pub
lishing said notice in a county newspa
per or by posting said notice on the
school house door.
P The notice of any lioard of Trus
tees giving the date of owning of any
school or schools shall also state the
projx>sed length of the term as nearly
as practicable, and a copy signed by
at least a majority of the Hoard ol
Trustees shall l>e filed at the date of
issuance in the office of the County 8u
iH'rintendent of Education. In any dis
trict, aggregation of adjoining districts,
this Act shall not take effect and be
come operative until, and unless, a pe
tition signed by a majority of the. qual
ified electors of su<*h district, aggrega
tion of districts, requesting the <*otnpul
sory school attendance under this Act
1h? authorized In such territory, shall
have been submitted to the Clerk of
Court The said Clerk of Court shall
examine such petition with especifcj re
fcroiHv to the legibility of the names
contnind thereon, and after examina
tion shall refer such i>etition to the
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THE CAMDEN FURNITURE CO.
Broad Street 'Phone 156 Camden, S. C.
<: ? ?; " . - "3-.: ? !
Pounty Board of Registration. Along
?vith the petition the Clerk of Court
?hall send his written statement show
ing that he has counted the names
thereon and has found them to l?e so
many (giving the number. > Imme
diately upon receipt of the i>etitiou and
the statement <?f the Clerk of Court,
fhe County Bo:>d of Registration shall
check such i?ot!tinn again u the regi^
'ration nooks of the count v <?r <?f such
number therof as may l>e affected, and
the said County Board of Uegistration
shall eeritfy its findings in writing to
the County Superintendent of Eduea
tlon. Upon receipt of sucL certificate
showing that siuli petition hears m?*
signatures of -t majority of fhe quali
fied voters of the territory nTceted. the
County Board of F.ducatlon shall lorth
with declare the provisions of this Act
of full force and effect in such terri
tory. If such petition for inv district,
or aggregation of districts, is filed with
the Clerk of Court, checked hy th>?
County Board of Registration, and < ? r
titled to the County Superintendent of
Education after the opening of any
school or schools, the County Board of
Kducation may fix.the date for the be
ginning of tlie compulsory school at
tendance for that year; or the said
such compulsory school attendance to
begin at the opening of the next suc
ceeding scholastic year. That where
no such petition is filed, signed by a ma
jority of tiie electors as herein provid
ed, upon the filing of a petition signed
by one-fourth of the qualified electors
of such district, or aggregation of dis
tricts, ati election shall he ordered hy
the County Board of- Education, sub
mitting to the qualified electors of such
district, or aggregation of districts, the
question of compulsory school attend
ance or no compulsory school attend
ance for said district, or aggregation
of districts: Provided, further, That
the County Board of Education, in all
school districts containing a town of a
population of 1,500 or more inhabi
tants, u|)on the petition of a majority
>f the Board of Trustees shall order
such election. The said election shall
1)0 held at the school-house, or school
houses. for white children, in the said
district, or aggregation of districts: The
managers shall be appointed by the
Board of Trustees of each district, and
the said election shall be conducted in
accordance with the rules governing
general elections. The County Board
of Education shall supply printed bal
lots, as follows: "Compulsory school
attendance accepted:" "Compulsory
school attendance rejected," and if the
majority vote in the said election "Com
pulsory school attendance accepted,"
then the provisions of this Act shall ap
ply to the said district, or aggregation
of districts. The said election shall be
held ou the second Tuesday in June,
one thousand nine hundred and fifteen
following the tiling of the said j)?tl
tion, or on the second Tuesday in June
of any subsequent year. Any district
omitting, failing, or refusing.to accept
compulsory school attendance as here
in provided, either "by petition or by
election, may adopt the provisions of
this Act, in any subsequent year, either
by petition or by election as herein
above provided.
10. The Board of Education of each
county, and in case of towns and cities
of two thousand Inhabitants, the Board
or Trustees therein shall have power at
any meeting to make such rules and
regulations not in conflict with the pro
visions hereof, as they may deem best
with reference to the time, place and7
hours for school attendance so as to
secure the attendance of all CfoHdren
between the a^es of eight and fourteen
years upon the schools ot the county as
herein provided, and such rules and
regulations, when approved by the
County Superintendent of Education,
and posted at the courthouse door and
at the door of each public schooMKmse
in the territory affected thereby, shall
have the force of law, and unless, they
have been revoked on appeal by, the
State Board of Education. The Opera
tion of such rules and regulations may
l>e suspended by the State Superintend
ent of Education during the pendency?
of suoh appeal.
Ufctv No tuition, Contingent, matrlc
lation,4Jncldenta,l, or other fee of ai
kind shall be charged or collected f
the attendance of any pupil upon ai
school in the common or public scho
department residing in this State ado
ting th6 provisions of this Act
12. .The County Hoard of Educatlc
shall have full power and authority I
remove from office any Trusts,
Board of Trustees, neglect lug, refu
Ing, or omitting to carry out the pp
visions of this Act, and to till the vt
cancy thereby created on said Boai
-in accordance with exlstlug law.
13. This Act shall be in full ton
and effect from and after the first da
of July, one thousand nine huwlrt
and fifteen. All Acts and parts of Ac
inconsistent with this Act be, and tl
same are hereby* rei?ealed.
Approved the 20th day of Februarj
1915.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that
month from this date, on Satunli
June 16th, 1017, we will make to ih
Probate Court of Kershaw County m
final return as Executrix and Eiecutc
of the estate of O. M. Turner, A
ceased, and on the same day we wl
iisk tl'c - Court fo? a final diacbait
from our trust .as said officers.
ELIZABETH V. TURNER,
IX. JB. liOBICK, -
Executrix and Executor of the Esttl
of G. M, Turner, deceased. -
Camden, s. CL, May 16th.. 181L
T* I ' . , . , I
re. Frank M. Rogers, Sr., wholj
her nose broken and was otherwise I
jured; Miss Mary Devlin, whose ar
was dislocated at one place and broto
in anotiiAT and Miss ttlttur Goto
who had her hip bone broken, in ?
automobile accident Saturday nl?K
and who are in the Florence Inln
ary, are resting fairly
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