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« ? athr and Standard. * ) =5= VOL. XXXI. VVALTERBORO, S. C, MARCH 17, 1009 NO. 31 K= MR SWEARJim WRITES. URGES THAT THE SCHOOLS TAKE AD VANTAGE OF APPR0PR1A TIONS. ■ 1 n The following letter from the State Superintendent of Education will explain itself. Dr Black is an xious that patrons wishing to take advantage of this liberal offer in this county notify him at once. Mr Swearingen writes: Columbia, S. C. March 11, 1909. Supt H. W. Black, Walterboro, S. C. 'Dear Sir:— The rural school problem is the greatest educational question in South Carolina today. Two-thirds of our white schools are located in the country, nd in them are enroll ed more than 100,000 boys and girls. If our educational system is to ac complish the need for *hich it was designed these schools must be ren dered more efficient. But efficiency can never be secured without intelligent local co-opera tion. Longer terms and more com petent teachers, when thrust upon a school, frequently irritate patrons more than they educate pupils. Community sentiment must support every effort to improve school condi tions, otherwise there efforts are foredoomed to failure. Our best schools are found in districts supplementing their school revenues by a special tax. A belief that school resources are already large enough is not borne out by the facts. In ten counties the average school terra is less than one hundred days, while in four others the aver age term for rural schools is barely one hundred days. In the richest agricultural county in South Caro lina. there are fourteen white schools whose apportionment of public school money, during 1906, was less than $200. These facilities are absolutely inadequate. The legislature has provided con ditional aid for every such school. Patrons desiring an extension of their school term can now secure it by paying one-third of the cost. Wherever the school term is less than 100 days, and the teacher's sal ary is as much as $45.00 per month, $15.00 subscribed and paid by the patrons will lengthen the term one month, $30.00 will lengthen it two months, and $45.00 will lengthen it three months. The $20,000. appro priated by the legislature will not supply the needs of all, but it will show how many schools are willing to pay one-third of the cost of school improvement. No greater encour- agement could be offered "The Rural School Improvement Associa tion" in its campaign to bring beU ter educational advantages to the thousands of children in the State now poorly provided for. If the money can be wisely used, it will in all probatnlity be added to at the next semion of the General Assemb ly. The teachers of South Carolina cannot afford to allow * this oppor tunity to go unimproved. If there is a school in your county which is entitled to the benefits of this law, will you not see if the patrons can be aroused to take advantage of the State’s liberality? The State Board of Education will formulate regula tions for the disbursement of the fund at its meeting on March I8th. I trust that youfcan bring the matter to the attention of all trustees throughout your county. Yours respectfully, J. E. Swearingen. State Supt. of Education. An Act to increase the average length of the school term and to im prove the efficiency of the public schools in this State. •Section 1. Be it enacted by the general asKmbly of the State of South Carolina: For the purpose of equaliziqg the free school term throughout the State, the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. And tbs State super intendent of education is hereby di me for the DISPENSARY BOARD. SOME TROUBLE IN SELECTING BOARD FROM COLLETON COUNTY. HEAR ING YESTERDAY. The following correspondence relative to appointing the county dispensary board for Colleton County appeared in Friday’s News and Cou rier: "The Colleton County board has been the source of some trouble. The three members of the board in Colleton are suggested, one by the delegation, one by the mayors of the towns and the third by the county board of education. Two of the ap pointments have been made in due and regular form. In both cases the incumbent member of the county board has been named for reappoint ment, but the trouble has come with reference to the appointment of the member to be suggested by the county board of education. Two names have been suggested. One side has suggested Mr. Graves, and another has suggested Mr. Black, for reappointment. It appears that Mr. Caldwell a member of the county board of edu cation, is now teaching school in Marlboro County, and he has been acting at long range, so to speak, and there has been no formal meet ing of the county board of education. Mr. Caldwell, it appears, voted for Mr. Graves. Then he fequested that his vote be changed to Mr. Black, and the recommendation for Mr. Black’s appointment went in to Governor Ansel, and now Mr. Cald well asks that Mr. Black should not be appointed, and he wants to vote for Mr. Graves. The appointment of Mr. Black had been repoi ted to the Secretary of State, and it is doubtful if it can be withdrawn, unless for good cause. At all events Governor Ansel wants to hear all that there is to be heard, and has appointed next Tuesday to hear those in favor of the reappoint ment of Mr. Black and any who may object." Mr. Blade, will be represented by Howell A Gruber, Mr. Graves by Jas. E. Peurifoy Esq and Hon. J. S. Griffin. As has been reported the delega tion has recommended Paul Sanders and the mayors R. H. Wichman for reappointment. The county board of education was divided in its choice. -Dr. H. W. Black, the coun ty superintendent sending in a min ority report for Mr. Black, W. W. Smoak Jr, and C. J. D. Caldwell, the other members of the board, at first voted for C. A. Graves. Then Mr. Caldwell changed his vote to Mr. Black and again to Mr. Graves. The outcome of the hearing yes terday will be awaited with interest by both sides. And the said funds shall be expend ed in accordance with the provisions of said section of the constitution in such manner as will give aid to schools in proportion to the deficien cies as they may be found to exist— the greatest deficiency receiving the greatest aid—to far as said fund will extend: Provided, that no school shall receive aid hereunder until a fund shall have been raised by the district by levy or otherwise, which will equal one-half the amount to be received from this fund: Provided, further, that on school whose pro portion of Hie regular school fund is sufficient to keep such school in operation for one hundred or more school days during the scholastic year shall receive any aid under the provisions of this act: Provided, further, that the maximum amount distributed 10 any one school, under the provisioea of this Act shall be one hundred dollars per annum. Section 2. The . State board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to make rules and re gulations for the guidance of the THE RACE JAM WARM. CANDIDATES AND FRIENDS ARE BUSY. SO IS THE CONTEST MAN. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE. Lee F. Berry, Smoaks : 54,340 Miss Willie Miller Cottageville 51,335 Miss Sallie McTeer Walterboro 48,670 Phil M. Padgett, Williams 32,500 C. P. Fishburne, Walterboro 30,550 Rev. C. W. Burgess Ruffin 24.731 Miss Pearl Berry Ruffin No 1.. 16,640 Miss Eva Ihley, Hendersonville 12,545 Miss Laurie Drummond. Walterboro 11,020 Miss Mattie Herndon, Stokes. 8945 Miss Dors Bishop, Ruffin 8620 G. L. Smoak, Ruffin No. 2 8000 D. L. Smith, Walterboro 6500 Miss Mamie Lane, Bryan, ' 6230 Miss Kate Ramsey Green Pond 6200 Harvey Griffin. Ruffin No. 1 4755 T L Martin, Ruffin 4645 M A Crosby, Ruffin, 2 4700 Calvin G. Saunders, Stokes, 4000 3. B. DuBois, Island ton, 3700 Miss Pearl Beach, Stokes... 3506 Mrs. Mabel Hiers, Stokes 3260 P. W. Leach, Walterboro 2550 Miss Dollye Price, Walterboro, 2200 T. H. Caldwell, Lodge, 2700 Paul K. Crosby, Ruffin, 2000 John M Crosby, Walterboro 2000 Miss Lillie Halford, Walterboro 2000 Miss Barbara Jaques, C3stagevilie ... 2000 W. D. Givens, Ihiandton 2000 Andrew Walker, Ruffin 1700 Miss Susie Hiott, Walterboro, 1700 P. S. Hill, Round 1700 Miss Viola Connelly. Walterboro 1500 Mrs. J. R Chassereau, Eh’dt 1600 Miss Cora Yarn, Ruffin 1125 W. W. Bryan, Ruffin, 1000 Mrs Mamie Crosby, Ruffin,.. 1000 Mrs Jr.o A Carter, Smoaks 515 Mrs. Ella Herndon, Ruffin 515 J Kieree Getsinger, Ruffin, 505 Andrew Bunto.i, Hendersonville 500 K. S. Dixon, Walterboro ; 500 A A. Yarn, Brant 500 C. E. Kinsey, Ehrhardt: ? 500 ITEMS FROM COTTAGEVILLE. (AjUageville, Mar. 13. Dear Mr. Editor:—We are having some very nice work done on the streets and pavements of our town and we w^nt it to continue until we get then in good shape. The farmers of this section are rapidly planting their crops/. Messrs. G. W. Cone, J. D. Acker man, and L. H. Griffith had business in Charleston this week. _ «? I J. Hampton Cone lost a very fine mule last Sunday morning. The store of Mr. C. K. Ackerman was broken open and robbed last Saturday night. The only loss that could be discovered was that of about one hundred pounds of bacon. The burglar is unknown as to facts. Mrs. J. F. Reeves and children are spending some time wi h relatives and friends in Charleston. Mrs. Annie Cone ‘will leave here Monday for a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Altoona, Fla. Mrs. Cone will be accompanied by Mrs. T. P. Johnson, of Green Pond. C. T. Reeves has just returned from Spartanburg where he had gone to attend a Head Camp of the Woodman of the World. Mr. Reeves reports a large crowd and a very nice time. The convention was a complete success, backed up by a body of eighteen thousand; total State membership. The "Idle Hour" Literary Society had a very nice meeting on tbe Pith inst, and will meet again on the 18th. Be sure to come boys. The Uniform Rank W. O. W. has been organized and’will be in good shape to do some nice work, in a few weeks under the management of Capt. C. E. Durant. We are going to organize a Farm er’s Union in a few days, and we wish to have a good many to join us. Yours respectfully I. H. & D. L. DASTARDLY DEED. SOME PERSON OPENS DISCIURCE PIPE OF OIL TANK CAUSING LOSS OF 2000 GALLONS OF OIL. Walterboro, Mar. 13 Special:— Ear»y Friday morning some mischiev ous person went to one of the tanks of the Walteeboro Cotton Oil Co., and with a wrench opened the dis charging pipe allowing about two thousand gallons of oil to pour out before it was discovered by the watchman. There is no clue as to the perpetra tor of this mischief; it is not known whether it was done in a spirit of mischief or whether it was a result of some malice or spite against the Oil Mill. This latter theory how ever, does not seem to hold as it is not known that anyone has any ill feeling towards the oil mill or its officers. The tank, from which this oil escaped contained about sixteen thousand gallons. Just the day be- fore’a car had been loaded from this taking about eight thousand gallons. The market value of this oil was 33 cents per gallon, making a loss to the oil mill of about six hundred and sixty dollars. meat of this fond. The Freta end Voting Gbntete *iH l’» Great April l NEW BUILDINGS. Walterboro, Mar. * 13. Special:— The well known firm of Terry A Shaffer is engaged at present in erecting a comiqodious and modern cement Mock building on Main Street. When completed this build ing will be occupied by The H. W. Cohen Co^ Clothing Store. J. R. Halford, meker of cement Mocks, is the emrttMtef for erecting this buildteg. Week is nforiyan bfW.J. AN APPEAL Lives of great men, all remind us We can make our lives sublime And departing, leave behind us Foot-prints in the sand of time. Can we have today our Washing ton, our Hampton, our Robert E. Lee? No. we cannot, but there are hundreds who have just as fine an intellect as these grand and noble men. Can we not see now what public schools are for? The teachers should search out these intellectual children and deveiope them into these great leaders. The great question of today is, "Where to put a boy after his educa tion is complete"? We see that it is absolutely necessary to place him in a neighborhood of culture in order to deveiope his talents. Is it of any use to educate a boy and put him in a region of no educational advant ages? Do you think that he will strive to rise high? No he will only try to keep head and shoulders; and do you think that boy will be very high in a region of no culture? Does this not bring out the prob lem of universal education? Do we mean to say that persons seventy and eighty years old must be educat ed in the sciences? No, too late for that; but look out for the future generation, educate the children of the present, then cast your mind’s eye down the long road of years into the dim future and see for yourself the advantages of univer sal education. Have you ever stopped to think who were the true heros of the world? George Washington’s name goes down in history as a name never to be forgotten,. and to be spoken of only with reference. That grand and noble man built a nation. Take a school teacher, and how do you think of him? Did you ever think of the work he is trying to accomplish? Our Washington built the nation, but the poor school teacher is striving to maintain it. i Which is the grerifesMsero? But can tbe teacher do all the work? Ah no. co-operation is what he needs. Stop and Hunk atyut the " times of fifty yean ago, when ydu strove and fairly fought fora living. Do yon want your children to do the same thing? Boys! Girls! stop and steady yourselves! Look at the op* portunitios around you. You can gatanadueatioiiif you want one. flraan old opportunity by tha fore- k^iar.SStyHyS hut lat hE wait for father or mother to save a little money to send you to college; be up and doing. Go to your teacher, tell him your ambitions and'plans. You cannot imagine how proud he would feel in helping you. Teacher, continue your search for these aspiring students; help them to rise, sacrifice ihuch for them. The teacher with a kind and gentle heart is the one that comes the closest to his pupils. Think what kind hands and gentle hearts have done for boys and girls. The kind ness of a neighbor in lending Abra ham Lincoln a book had much to do with Licoln’s greatness. Teachers may you receive the reward for your kindness and gentleness to your scholars. Kind hands! Oh never near to you May come the woee you heal! Oh never may the hearts you guard The griefs you comfort, feel! May He, in whose sweet name you build, So crown the work you rear That you may never clasped be In one unanswered prayer! M. Howell Ackerman, Supt. Abbotta High and Graded Schools. RAYSOR SCHOOL CLOSES. ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE EYEHTS OF THE SEALON WAS THE CLOS ING OF THE RAYSOR SCHOOL. THE CONTEST. We wish to call attention to tnose interested in The Press ’ and Stand ard’s Great Voting Contest that the close is not far off, as it positively will dose Tuesday, April 6. Now is the time to hustle. Those who work hardest will win in our contest. Remember we are offering a $15.00 gentleman’s or lady’s watch, which is on exhibition at S. Finn’s Jewelery Store. This prize goes to the one securing the greatest/ amount of votes between the 6th day of March and the 6th day of April. One per son cannot win two prizes, so there is a chance for some one who is not going to win one of the first prizes to win this $15.00 watch. After March 31 we will not giye out any information to any one as to how the contestants stand till the contest closes; which result will appear in the paper of 4 pnl 7th. . INFERNAL CREEK "Well, did he pay you?" isked the wife of a dentist who had been to collect a foil for a full set of false teeth that he had made for a man almost a year before. "Pay me!" growled the dentist. "Not noly did he refuse to pay me, but he actually had tha effrontery to gnash at me—with my teeth! Everybody’s" Year after listened thundering trier rear in old farmer had in grim silence to the trains by hbland Finally, one day. his netMMS at an sad. ha dron- ped his ptowamd shtok Us fist atthe naming exnrsm. "Ye ean Daffi/hnd One of the most enjoyable events of the season was the closing of the Raysor School after a very successful term under the management of Miro Cora Black, one of Colleton’s effi cient teachers. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather a very large, but orderly crowd gathered to witneas the closing exercises of one of tho most successful school terms in tha History of Colleton County. On account of the greatness of tha seating capacity over the little school building, one of the vacant commis sary buildings at the Raysoris old mill stand was substituted in plaea of the school house, and well that it was for eager spectators filled every nook and corner to the utmost ca pacity, until some of .the young me* climed to the top of the empty dry goods shelves in order that they might have a better view and might not miss a single word. The stage was beautifully decorat- • ed with the word "Welcome” ap- pearing on the wall over hung by a large cedar wreath, each letter seeming to convey a whole volume of what they together spelled. Promptly at 7.30 o’clock the exe»- cises were begun accompanied by music between acts, which consisted of violin, guitar, and harmonica, rendered by Messrs Thomas A, Black, and Cleveland Gooding. The program was as follows: Opening Address by Mr. T. A- Black. Song by School. Dialogue, "Six Little Brownies" by six little boys. ° Tableau, Ancient Scene, by six girls. Recitation "The Face on the Floor" by Miss Adelle Williams, Dialogue, by six little girls. Pantomime, "Nearer My God tw Thee", by seven girls. Dialogue, "Queer Colored Boy"l. by Lee Hudson and Geathe Berry. Tableau. "Getting too big t» Kiss", by Joe Henry Strickland. Recitation, "The unfinished Prayer", by Thelma Padgett. Sunflower Drill, by ten girls. Recitation, "Entertaining Sister’s Beau", by Miss Miley Hudson, Dialogue, "A slight Understand ing", by Misses Cora Black and Adelle Williams, b Tableau. "Woman’s Rights", by three boys and two girls. Recitation. "My.; Dutch Gal’* Name", by T. A. Black. ” Pantomime, "Rock of Ages", by seven girls. Tableau, "Marriage Scene". Drill, Red, White and Blue, by- six girls. Gypsy’s Warning, by Misses Coro Black, and Pearl Berry and Lucas Berry. Tableau, Jom of Arc at tha Stake, by Miss Ida May Strickland. Dialogue, Aunt Polly, by six girki and two boys. Recitation, "The Unseen Battle Field", by Mr. Lee Martin. Dialogue. "The McSwrte Sweaa- off”, by Miss Mamie Bailey and Lucas Berry. Song, "Will not be Denied", bg the school. The crowd, (ifter the exercises, which»however took about three hours, seemed to be in as livefcr spirits as when they came, all seena- ingto have had a very enjoyable time and glad they had come. This event will remain in their minds aoff will be recalled with pleasure from ' time to time, only as one draws the curtain of time and peeps back from whence he came only to look in the future again, to be faced by greater responabilties than he has had in the past I only hope that this event will ter followed in this community by mssy more of its kind. a ■ M H a* 9k the ¥ Or al« eapitfe" • - r.^ . . ■vv;