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THE 6-0-1 SHOOK LAW. isSome Amendment* Likely'To He Offered at Next Seaaion. (ByJno. K. Aull) Columbia, Oct. 4.?That some amendment to the 6-0-1 school law - will be offered and pressed nt the coming session of the general assembly, with a view to straightening out _ the kinks, is one of the certainties in connection with state-wide legislation to be proposed. "The weak point in the law now," State Superintendent of .Education Hope, in discussing the situation with your correspondent today, said, "is the difficulty in getting the -state aid accurately and honestly apportioned among the schools. If .such apportionment could accurately and honestly be made, it would save the state at least $500,000." At a meeting of the state superintendent of eduction last week with the legislative delegation and the trustees of (jreenville county, Mr. Hope was questioned as to the operation of the law. and as to the running of negro srhonlK the coming yuaz.only three months with state aid. while the white s( hoots are run six months, and a (i'reeiiv illc newspaper, in reporting the meeting, said thai "admission that the state department of education considers, and has been treating the 6-0-1 school law like so much dough, to be stretched and pulled1 to conform to any shape that the occasion migtyt demand," was made by the state siq|? erintendent. As matter of fact, when the law was passed the difficulty of so wording it as to keep it within the bounds of the constitution, and yet to allow such terms as might be fixed for each school, was realized, and the very first section of the act; in attempting to meeting this difficulty, became contradictory Fn its very terms. It says that "the general assembly shall make sufficient appropriation to pay the salaries of all school teachers in the public schools of the state for six months, according to the schedule outlined be^ow," and then in the next breath, with only a colon between, provides, "however, that no school in any school district shall continue open for a longer period of time than that fixed by the board of trustees in the district where such school is located."] The proviso gives the latitude under] which the state board of education] not long ago fixed a school term fori negro schools and a salary schedule 1 for negro teachers, and the upshot of the matter was the Greenville; j tangle where the appropriation of 1 county funds to supplement state funds was the real bone of contention. By another Greenville newspaper the state superintendent is quoted as saying "that he broke the law last year" with regard to the salaries of negro teachers, "and that he would break, the law again this year . . . and added that the negroes - should be made to do something for themselves." And Mr. \V. G. Sirrine, ] chairman of the Greenville city board | of trustees, is quoted as having told I li'i meting thete that it had been : ad milted "that the 6-0-1 law cannot be .cat lied out. If you men of the legislature make laws, for pity's sake put something there l<> enforce* it. Let's get data together whereby the legislators may make laws that canj not he broken." i All these matters were brought to ] Mr. Hope's attention by this correspondent. with the request for a statement that might elucidate the whole .situation, to some extent. With regard to his assertion that if the apportionment of state aid "could accurately and honestly be made it would save the state at least $500,000," the state superintendent said "this inaccuracy arises from: "1. Padded enrollments; duplicate enrollments. 2. Padded average attend ance. 3. Maintenance of oner and two-teacher schools with an insufficient number of pupils to,*3 meet the minimum enrollment and average attendance requirements. 4. Duplicate ^paymente of state aid in case a school is transported and "a teacher is .not, saved by such transportation. 5.yAp* plications for state aid =by trustee boards and county superintendents for teachers who either have no certificates at all, or who have certificates of lower grade than those reported on state application. 6. Applications for state aid for a length of term greater .than that to which the school is entitled." Mr. Hope did not mince words in placing the responsibility for these "inaccuracies." r ~ \ "The accuracy of the applications i^pr state aid," he said to this correspondent, "depends on the trustees, the teachers, and the county Superintendents. The applications are made out, sometimes by the teachers, sometimes by teachers and trustees, and aometimes in the office of the county superintendent of education . In manj cases these applications are made out 'with absolutely no regard to accuracy, but with the sole aim of extracting from the state as much state aid as possible. Notwithstanding thdt trustees,,and county superintendents arc required to sign these applications testifying that they are correct, it is a known fact that applications are sent in which are very inaccurate in some -or all the respects mentioned above. j "Any system of state taxes leads to inequality of assessment of taxable property as between county and state. jJCaeh county tries to 'pass the buck" |to all the other counties through the process of assessing its taxable prop-j erty as low as possible. "The 6-0-1 law should be amended ,3o as to reach the weaknesses mentioned "above. The enrollment and average attendance requirement^ should be raised, particularly in the one- and two-teacher schools. This; wouid encourage the doing away with i these weak schools, through consolidation, or the . absorption into larger, schools." Mr. Hope, however, is a strong believer in the 6-0-1 law, though seeing the necessity for further perfecting it, "Educators throughout the United, States," he said, "are practically unanimous in saying that the 6-0-1 law is one of the best state aid school laws that have ever been placed on tly> statute books," and, "it is the policy of this office to carry out thd provisions of the 6-0-1 law as it pertains to the operation of all schools." I,t was necessary this year to bo^?_j row $447,000 to supplement the appropriation. The miscalculation wn* made in the request by the department of education. Of course this half million dollars additional wiH be necessary next year, and the half million dollars borrowed will have to be paid back with interest. There is something over a million dollars right there to be taken care of in the 19271 appropriation bill not included in the 1926 bill. It is going to be a whole lot harder to cut down appropriations in 1927 than it was to talk about them this summer; but there are a good niany places in the 1926 bill where appro-, priations could be lopped off, and the estimate of the state superintendent is that a half million dollars may be saved each year by strengthening the 6-0-1 law in the matter of apportionment of state aid. That in itself is a healthy starter. The Department of Agriculture has , developed method, of treating ? iiMifct 1 ta* ****** "Bd *hMp' I TV, S';h MoUrUU I^M NIIUOM New York, Oct. 4.~Motofist# lost 160.000,000 last year through the theft of automobiles and the present situation is an "open challenge on the part of the underworld to the insurance companies," Alfred Reeves, gen-' era I manager of the national automobile chamber of commerce, asserted today. Speaking before the Brooklyn Rotary club he said that insurance rates are too high and advocated a central detection bureau for catching automobile thieves. Eagle Pells Plane Elko, Nev., Oct. 4.?A huge goiden eagle brought down a government air mail plane near here today. Colliding with the plane head on, the eagle knocked out a front wing forcing the pilot, E. E. Moulton, to make a forced landtqg... The eagle which measured nearly eight feet from tip to tip, was killed. SUMMONS. I State of South Carolina, ! County of Kershaw, ??In the Court of Common Pleas. Burns & Barrett, a partnership, plaintiff, vs. . > . - Prank W. Hopkins and Eleanor M. Hopkins, defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint herein, a copy, of which is herewith served upon you, an,d to serve a copy of your i answer to said complaint, upon the' subscriber, W. L. DePass, at his office, j corner of Main and DeKalb streets, I Camden, S. C., within twenty days aft#r the <Tay of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid plaintiff will i apply to} the court for the relief demanded In the complaint. W. L. DePASS, JR., ' ; Attorney for Plaintiff. Camden, S. C., October 1, 1926. To the defendants, Frank W. Hopkins and Eleanor Hopkins: You will please take notice that the summons and complaint in the -above entitled action were filech in Hie office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw^ County, South Carolina, September 23, 1926. W. L. DePASS, JR., Attorney for Plaintiff. Camden, S. C., Sept. 29, 1926. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. ' The next regular State teachers' examination -will be held at every county seat in the State on Friday, October 8, and Saturday, October 9tn. At this examination questions will be offered for Primary certificates and General Elementary certificates. At this time, questions will not be offered for High School certificates. No third grade certificates will be issued. To earn a second grade certificate an applicant will be required to make a general average of 7$ with not less than 55 on any subject. Examinations will begin at 9 o'clock A. M. each day, at the County Court House. J. Team Gettys, Supt. Education Kershaw County. 25-27-sb * ....... p TRESPASS NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the H. P. Oglesby place, on the western side of the Wateree river, known as the Betty Neck section, has beqn posted, and that hunting or otherwise trespassing on these lqxjds is positively forbidden under penalty of the law. Coon Hunters Club. Sept. 15, 1926?25-27-pd Notice For Final Discharge. Public notice is hereby given that at the expiration of one month from date to wit, at 10 A. ft|., on the 25th of October, 1926, I will make my final return to the Probate Court for Kershaw County and apply for discharge as Executor of the estate of Mrs' Harriet H. Lipscomb, deceased. HENRY G. CARRISON, JR., Executor of the Estate of Mrs. Harriet H. Lipscomb. "... Camden, SepL 24r -1926. ?... I I II 1.1 I j TRESPASS NOTICE. Trespassing, hunting or shooting, day or night, cutting or hauling wood or straw, cattle or hogs running at large, on lands owned and potted by Mr Ralph $llj*p will be dealt with to the full extent of the law. L. A. Kirkland, Attorney. R. Storey, Agent. 27-87-pd TRESPASS NOTICE, All personsjare hereby warned not to" trespass upon the J . ST Crocker place, at Lakeview Terrace, or the property of Henry Savage in the city limits. Persons have been commit-? Jting acts of vandalism on these.prenu? ises and after this warning, if caught, .will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law. HENRY SAVAGE August 19, 1026. ;?h? ? < FINAL DISCHARGE, Notice is hereby given that on Friday, October 8th, 1926, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County, my final return as . Administratrix of the estate of J. A. Hall, deceased and on the same date I ^11 apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said administratrix. 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