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' SCHOOL AFFAIRS BAN Report of the Various S< County Which Wi Reading to the r Columbia. S. C., July 17, 1913. I a Supt. R. W. D. Rowell, Bamberg, S. C. c Dear. Sir: A close examination of n * - your annual report for the schools n of Bamberg county during the scholastic year 1912-13 induces rne to is make a few comments by way of con- n gratulation. i y> The enrollment is the largest yet P ' reported for the county. In the six w ' white town schools and twenty-two T white country schools, 1450 boys h and girls were taught, an increase 1 fc of 75, or nearly 6 per cent, over last ai year. This increase is reported as f 63 in town, and 12 in the country. f( If these figures are correct, they show a a growth of 8 per cent, in the six j it towns of the county, and of only 2 > ti per cent, in the country districts. a] The average attendance was 9S3? 7; 69 per cent, of the enrollment. This b< v per centage is higher than the average w for the State at large last year, and ai . . - . . . i indicates a situation which ought to, be stimulating to other counties. The o] per centage of attendance for the p] scholastic year 1911-12 in Bamberg 01 was barely 660 per cent, hence an im- fc v provement of 9 percent was madb ai during 1912-13. j 1c It is interesting to note that only four districts maintain more than one P* white school; Three Mile No. 4 has Ci two, Fish Pond No. 5 has three, Hutto No. 6 has two, and Buford's"Bridge j ^ No. 7 has two. Oakland No. 15 main? tains no white school, the trustees r( k prefering to transfer these children to the Lees School. This indicates a ni healthy consolidation of, schools 111 i , throughout the county. The weak- Q1 est school seems to be at Midway, n' where ten pupils were enrolled, and sc five were in average attendance. The population of this town must be c( steadily diminishing, for this is a striking contrast to its negro enroll- t* t. ment of 142. I $ The second weakest school appears 1' to be in Fish Pond District No. 5. p< 91 Here 13 pupils received instruction for a term of 80 days from a first T' SI grade woman teacher who was paid ?120 for her services. The levying r\9 tav nf twn mills bv the S3 \ /voters of this district indicates their intention to secure better facilities in is ' i r the near future. It would be a fine accomplishment if these four districts would follow the example of their cc neighbors in maintaining only one ? strong school for the children of each ^ district. ti The only brick schoolhouses in the * w county are located at Bamberg Court -D House and at Denmark. The reg< maining 26 are of wood, and five of ; these are not owned by the public, j The school sites most frequently! ^ measure one acre, although I hope je the trustees may hereafter adopt the policy of locating school buildings on .n.ot less than four acres. The board at Govan has already introduced this m custom with wisdom and success. p< v The teaching was done by nine T men and forty-five women. It is most gratifying to note your elimination of third grade teachers. - It' would mean mucji for your schools j if every Board of Trustees would ^ ? \ employ only those teachers who hold first grade certificates secured either , d< by examination or on college diploTY> O O 1UOS. CC The report for last year showed a teaching corps of 57, two of whom ^ held third grade certificates. The * loss of three teachers is fully compenm sated in the increased efficiency of _ C< those who remain. This diminuCc tion, however, seems to be due to , V{ the discontinuance of two weak * m country schools, and is, therefore, si another sign of progress. | ^ y The average number of pupils per school was 52, while the average . : e( number of pupils per teacher was 27. ; Only one country school at "Hunter's Chapel had this enrollment, because 68 per cent, of the pupils are report- ^ ed in the six town schools. Bam- . ai berg had 2S2 and Denmark 199, giving 33 per cent of the children of the county to these two schools. If some f local condition contributes to this re suit, I should be glad to learn its causes. \ Onlv four schools ran less than cc six months. Three of these were located in District Xo. 5, and one in District Xo. 7. I should like to see a seven-month's term in every country . school. It is impossible to establish an adequate system of rural j schools if any other basis becomes j Ti permanent. The value of schoolhouses is re-! of ported to be $45,000, while buildings, A and grounds together are worth $51,-1 n< 645. The improvements contemplat-j tt ed in several districts will material- tr ly raise these figures. The report j for the 32 negro schools shows only ! f0 13 owned by the districts, while 17jja IN IBERG COUNTY. coools Throughout the 11 be Interesting Tax Payers. re private, and two could not be asertained. The estimated value of egro schoolhouses is $5,260, or early $200 apiece. The increase in negro enrollment . rr TVia ronnrt cVinivc 55firi ) SCI living. 1UV X^jL/V/AV WUV.IW WW egro pupils, a gain of 935 over last i ear. This unusual increase of 3S ; er cent must be due to some causes hich would be interesting to study. ] he average attendance "of negroes, ' owever, was only 59 per cent., or 0 per cent, less than the average ' ttendance in white schools. i My examination of these statistics : )rces me to conclude that the rural < istricts of Bamberg county are beig left largely to negroes. Forty- 1 vo per cent, of your white pupils 1 re enrolled in the country, although 1 3 per cent, of the negro enrollment i elongs to negro country schools.This J ide difference is far above the aver- : %e for the State. < As usual the admirable handling 1 P your finances could hardly be imroved. Not only is every district ] at of debt, but each district carries ( >rward a reasonable working bal- i ace. Twenty-two districts levy a ? ical vtax for current expenses, while >ur carry a local tax for bonds. The\ ( sople have shown their faith in edu- i ition by paying 25 per cent, more - out voluntary levies than from the >ree-mill constitutional tax. The ourt House pays six mills for curint expenses and three mills for Dnds,, while Ehrhardt pays four [ills for current expenses and five ills for bonds. If Olar could be iniced to adopt this course, its niuch eeded new school building could >on be occupied. The total school receipts for the mnty were in round numbers $3,00 above those of last year, te figures for 1911-12/ being 43,195.04, and those for 19123, $46,116.99. The average exanditure per pupil was $19.) for whites, and $1.14 for negroes, his shows a gain of 95c for whites, id a loss of 31c for negroes. The rerage for both^ races for 19123 was $6.79, or 98c lower than the ime average for 1911-12. This loss doubtless due to the heavy increase 1 enrollment. It is to be regretted that Bamberg mnty persists in its policy of underiting the work and the office of ounty Superintendent of Education. ] his position is one of the construe- ] ve agencies for building up every orthy activity. The county superLtendent should be in position to or- ? mize his teachers and trustees, to ( 'omote boys' corn clubs, and girls' 1 >mato clubs, to visit every school- t Duse, ana to gam a nrst-ucuiu hiiuwdge of the classroom work of every 1 acher. You are required by law to 3ep school accounts for 24 districts, id to do accurate book-keeping aniially for more than $40,000 of exsnditures. For all this work you iceive the munificent salary of $5 year. Besides, you are held in the office .* your duties as Auditor so that the itrons and taxpayers of the county tould not complain when their boys id girls at college are called on to ) make-up work by way of preparaon. Bamberg is the only remaining >untv in the State where this contion exists. It will be a great-pleas*e to see the county make provision ir a county superintendent at an an* n ^ * " a a t "n ? t. r iai salary 01 $iouu. n namueig ourt House is willing to pay its lo- * il school superintendent $1500 a t jar,' and Denmark is likewise will- ? g to pay its superintendent $1100, : irely the remaining 26 white schools 1 jserve a superintendent at no less a *ure. In our system of free public 1 iucation, the county superintend- [ it occupies the strategic position, 1 it he cannot perform his duties ade- 1 lately unless the office is made * orthy of a competent man, devoting 1 1 his time to his task. I thank you for the uniformly ' *ompt and courteous co-operation >u have at all times given the State * epartment of Education. Though 1 )u are a bus} man, doing double 1 ity, your report is the second to ( ime to hand. Yours respectfully, 1 J. E. SWEARIXGEN, 1 State Supt. of Education. 1 ? 1 Will Onrose Patterson. ^ "* "** ? ' MT M, ? v mammrn?mmmmmm m Washington , July 30.?Senator illman declared to-day that it is his tention to oppose to the full extent f his ability the confirmation of dam E. Patterson, the Oklahoma ?gro, who has been nominated by le President ;:o be register of the easury. Buy your disinfectant and sprays t mosquitoes and flies, also fruit ,rs, at Hunter s Hardware Store. NEW ALPS TUNNEL. Officially Opened July 15?Cost $685,000 a Mile to Build. The first train through the new Lotschberg tunnel went from Berne, Switzerland to Brigue on the morning of June 28, bearing public officials, but the tunnel was not opened for general tramc unni juiv id. The tunnel is 14,605 metres in length or nine miles 126 yards, or, with the 33 smaller tunnels which approach it, 16 miles 947 yards. It has cost, on the average, $685,000 a mile to construct. In the Lotschberg tunnel sixtyfour lives in all have been lost, as compared with fifty-two in the Simplon, ninety-two in the Arlberg, and 177 on the St. Gothard. On the approach lines to the Lotschberg fortyeight more lives were lost, making : a total of 112 fatal accidents, to 1 which must be added 4,586 "slight" accidents and ten serious ones (that . is, accidents leaving some- perman- J ent effects) in the tunnel itself, and , C,7S3 accidents, slight and serious J taken together, on the two approach lines?11,379 in all. Considering that i the entire Lotschberg line from Fru- _ tigen to Brigue is only about 37% ayles long, the loss of life must be admitted to be considerable, working aut at nearly three lives per mile for J the whole line. It is difficult, however, to make a i really trustworthy comparison of the j different Alpine tunnels as regards the loss of life involved in their construction, for the number of shifts j worked must always be taken into [consideration, this number having been 8,500,000 on the Gothard, only 4,000,000 on the Lotschberg. and 7,OOO.OOOon theSimplon. Moreoverthe maximum number of men employed at . any one time on the Simplon was jnly 4,000 and on the Lotschberg 10,000. Again, part of the Simplon tunnel having been under Italian [aw, and the whole of the Lotschberg inder Swiss law, comparison of the numbers of non-fatal accidents becomes quite impossible, for the Swiss law only compels the reporting by the contractors of accidents such as to disable a man for six days or more, while the Italian regulations re- \ luire an accident incapitating a man I for only one day to be reported. For the blasting of the Simplon about 1,350 tons of dynamite were ised; for the blasting of the Lotschberg?the great tunnel and the thirty-three smaller tunnels on the two approach lines?about 1,447 tons.?Berne dispatch. When Will Boys Stay? Why do sa many boys leave the farm? This question has been asked many times and there are almost as many answers as there are people who ask the question. The answer that the boys themselves give is the correct one: "Because the farm doesn't pay." Not many boys could be induced to leave :he farm that he knows a great deal ibout to begin life in the city about which he knows nothing if the oppor:unities of each seemed equal or if he farm held out better inducements, [t is not reasonable to suppose that 'arming as a business apeals strong- ' y to the thousands that seek employnent in the city. It is in obedience to the fundamen:al law of self-preservation that our ? irst concern is for our own pros- ' verity. Men do not seek the professions and salaried positions because )f the pleasures and conveniences of iity life, but because they believe | here is better remuneration for ;heir labor in these positions. Boys < <vho have toiled through summer leat and winter cold on the farm and Deen deprived of education are not < exceptions to this law. They seek I :he positions that they believe offer ;he best inducements to them. Their services are in demand in business md they naturally seek such emeloyment. The farm will never interest the ndustrious, ambitious boys until it JLLtJI 5 LliCIil UCLLd muu^iuvuvu. t is on many farms, the soil has seen impoverished by continuous cropping and the products marketed n a wasteful manner, thus deprivng the farmer and his famiiy of a 'air competence. There are opportunities on the 'arm for these industrious, ambitious )oys who are determined to succeed, )ut they have yet to realize it. 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